Blue Rabbit and Friends

by Christopher Wormell

Blue Rabbit is bored with his cave, so when he comes upon Bear, Goose, and Dog, he makes the suggestion that they all switch homes, but in the end, Blue Rabbit finds himself with nowhere to go and so soon wishes he was back home in the warm cave he left. Reprint.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Friendship, Storytime

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 1999

About the author

Christopher Wormell is an English printmaker, principally known for his illustrated books.

Reviews

[Kalie Wentz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for repetition for emergent readers. Great little story of how helping each other can have rewarding benefits.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Blue Rabbit goes to find a new home, and in the process, makes friends that are also in search of a new home. Along the way, he finds that rearranging his friends' living quarters puts them all in a better situation, but he never finds the home for him, leading him to seek a life of adventure on the open road instead. In an odd sort of way, this is a story of rabbit's self discovery. Clever.

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gift from Harper's grandmother

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute story about giving up what you have for the prospect of something better. The exchanges done are in the spirit of childhood sharing. I wasn't expecting the ending.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

About finding the right place and adventure.

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite books to use for a rabbit story time. 4/11/11

I caught one of the mothers tonight with the surprise ending. 5/1/12

Used this for a friendship story time at SPK. It was a bit long for the baby to 5 year olds story time. 9/12/12

This was a little long for the two toddlers at PJ Story Time even though one of them requested it.

Worked really well at Preschool Films and Stories, with mostly 4's 4/2/13

The day care made it to story time so I was able to do a few longer stories. This is a bit long, but did well as a first book. 4/7/15

Used for preschool story time since they were on the younger side.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

rabbit and friends each live in a place that doesn't quite suit them so they go in search of something else. They end up swapping homes with each other-except rabbit who instead decides to go on an adventure rather than settle down.

Recently I have been using Freecycle to swap items with people and I kind of chuckled while reading this book because it reminded me of that.

[jacky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Four animals dislike their homes and swap with each other for the right one. Maybe it was my adult perspective, but this seemed too obvious and because of that it seemed long and drawn out. the style of the illustrations wasn't my favorite either. I couldn't figure out if the characters were toys or real.

[Sasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a very simple story. Just like a lot of kids that think they don't like their homes, the little rabbit runs away to find a new place. This book will have children using their minds to figure out who should go where. But where will Blue Rabbit go?

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about toy animal friends who help each other find happiness. Very simple story and basic illustrations, but a good book to read aloud.

[Ksmom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great participation book. My 4-year-old gets so excited trying to tell me where each of the animals should be living.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Things have a way of working themselves out, don't they.

[Angela Randall]

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[Tichina Fung-chung]

Blue Rabbit and Friends is a book all about friendship. This would be a good book for pre-k students who are new to making friends.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very simple, colorful lino block print illustrations, with thick black outlines, in which four animals find the perfect place for themselves.

[Miri Gifford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Christopher Wormell's illustrations. The story is fun, too—the animals are all trying to help each other and in the end, each gets exactly what he needs.

[Lizzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

At the end of day, Blue Rabbit has gotta do what Blue Rabbit has gotta do. This would make a cool short film.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, full illustrations

[Claire Binkley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Absolutely cute. I don't know if there's anything more to say.

[Alida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the silly story, but the art is what stands out