Winter Rabbit

by Patrick Yee

Bear and Squirrel build a winter rabbit out of snow and play with him until it is time for their winter sleep

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Patrick Yee is an award-winning illustrator of more than 100 children's books. He won the Macmillan Prize for Children's Book Illustration twice.

He currently teachers at Nanyang Polytechnic, the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the Spastic Children's Association, and the AWWA Special School.

Reviews

[Lorraine]

Adorable read, who would imagine building a snow rabbit? The oversized soft backed picture book with its colorful illustrations kept my grandson fully engaged. A fun winter book to read to your preschooler all season long.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars

[Jane]

I fill in reading for a friend at the library when she has a conflict of schedule and this week one of the children wanted a winter story so I picked Winter Rabbit to read to the small group of preschool children. They wanted me to reread the story, which is an indication that they liked the story in the middle of our extra hot weather.

The illustrations are attractive to young children, age appropriate and match the story line. It is a simple story of two friends (bear and squirrel) working together to build a snow rabbit and then playing with it and sharing it with other friends. Winter Rabbit has a variety of topics to start learning discussion with young children. It is a book I will use again with preschool children.

[Amy:)]

A great twist on the classic snowman! Winter rabbit can do so many things. Very fun tale!

[Rae]

It was an ok story. I expect picture books to at least have a basic plot, and this didn’t have much of one.

[Kevin]

This was boring. It looks like minimal effort was put into the making of this book. It gets two stars because of the pretty skies.

[Adam]

(Read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed)

[Robert Drake]

This story is sweet and short. The pictures are very cute. I believe any toddler would 😍 it.

[Paige Green]

Winter Rabbit, written and illustrated by Patrick Yee, is a story about two friends building a winter rabbit. This rabbit comes to life and joins the friends in some winter adventures. They eat a large meal before the big sleep, they ice skate down at the pond, and they have a snowball fight with some more friends they meet along the way. The five of them make snow angles an ride down the big hill until it is dark. The story end with the two friends getting ready for the big sleep. Because their rabbit friend is made of snow, they will not be able to play with him in the spring; will they ever play again?

This was a cute story on how making friends. It is interesting that the author chose to make all text conversational. All the thoughts of the characters are not mentioned which creates a more realistic approach to the reader. I can see younger audiences enjoy this book more than older because of the simplicity of the text and the vibrancy of the artwork. Each page contains animated characters and scenic backgrounds to reinforce the winter theme. Since this story is focused around the season of winter, it would make a wonderful book in the classroom to build a unit off of.

[Becky B]

Bear and Squirrel make a new friend out of snow, a rabbit who comes to life. The three of them enjoy fun winter activities until it is time for Bear and Squirrel to hibernate.

This would be a good introduction to winter snow activities for kids young enough they may not remember the previous year or who are from areas where snow just doesn't happen. I like Yee's illustration style with broad outlines.

[Megan Rowland]

The title gives it away that this is a seasonal type book. To save room, I might put books out by seasons and this one will be out in the winter. This is a book about making friends, so if you see students in your classroom who are feeling lonely they could read this book.

[Haim]

I liked this book, just the idea of friends coming together to play and having a wonderful winters day.