Little Rabbits' First Time Book

Little Rabbit Books

by Alan Baker

'Tick-tock, it's 8 o'clock. Wake up, Little Rabbits! It's time for breakfast. Rise and shine!' White Rabbit, Brown Rabbit, and Black and White Rabbit can't waste any time this morning. Their good friend Gray Rabbit is coming to visit and there's plenty to do! Will the Little Rabbits have time to clean the house, do the shopping, and make a special surprise dinner all before Gray Rabbit arrives? Young children will enjoy moving the hands on the clock on every colorful spread as they learn to associate the time of day with each of the Little Rabbits' activities. The Little Rabbits' busy schedule - getting up, having breakfast, and going shopping - is reassuringly familiar to young children and gently introduces the concept of time into their world. Alan Baker's lively art includes dozens of brightly colored everyday objects for children to point to and talk about with their parents. On each spread, clear instructions explain how to move the clock hands to match the time shown on both traditional and digital clock faces, while simple questions help parents reinforce newly learned skills, and build confidence in every child.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Teaching, Mathematics

16 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1999

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Reviews

[Kathryn]

The Little Rabbit books are a delight. In addition to being utterly adorable, they present important concepts for little ones with an actual story that is charming rather than bland. Here, bunnies hurry to prepare a party for a friend. Also appreciated in this book is the inclusion of both traditional and digital clock faces -- most of the other telling-time books I've come across only include traditional.

[Little Owl]

Great book for helping kiddos learn to tell time on an analog clock, and walks them through the routines of the day with a clock. Only goes by the hour. Pairs well with Math Adventurers: A Day at the Zoo by Chapman, that goes into the concept of minutes as well. The winning part of this book is the clock on the front of the book that kids can use to adjust. Awesome!

[Kimberly]

An amazing way to introduce analog clocks and telling time! Adorable rabbit illustrations with fun time-related questions all throughout.
There's also a picture of a digital clock on every page, so they can learn to recognize that as well.
Recommended!

[Aneesa]

I like this one better than the dinosaur one because it skips most of the day.

[Aarvik]

Such a beautiful way to teach kids time 🐇 ⏰

[Annie MacPherson]

3.5

[Shawn Deal]

Here is a great collection book. Each page has a list of items on it that are labeled and clearly illustrated. Children love pointing to these items and learnin4g this words. And who doesn't like a cute bunny to help them along.

[Vivian]

What a perfect book to use with Alice and the time-watching White Rabbit. Introduce little one's to the concept of time and clocks with this story.

We finished with this story because now it is "time to color".
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[Rachael]

The writing is a little dry but it is a good book to introduce time.

[Chelsea]

A great book about the concept of time for beginners-- only on the hour time and each page shows a traditional and digital clock.

[Darin]

Interactive for children learning about time - asks good questions to get the child thinking about it.

[Elizabeth]

2.5

I like the interactive aspect of the clock and the illustrations are pretty, but I wish there would have been more thought given to the words - some sort of pattern or rhyme to them.

[Kathryn]

I'm honestly not sure what to say about this book? I feel like I didn't learn how to read an actual clockface until I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, but this book is clearly aimed at a younger age group. And you definitely couldn't read this with your child when they were young, it's so somber and kind of boring. The only way that I could see this book working with young children is if parent's went through one page each hour mentioned in the book, or each day.