Summary
A funny, sweet story of unrequited friendship from the creator of Plt;IPgt;Beautiful Oops! Plt;/IPgt;and Plt;IPgt;Crazy Hair Day. Plt;/IPgt;Plt;bPgt;A funny, sweet story of unrequited friendship from the creator of Plt;iPgt;Beautiful Oops! Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;Crazy Hair Day. Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Dog likes Rabbit. Rabbit likes Bunny. But Bunny ignores Rabbit. How will the friendship triangle resolve? Written in four parts, this picture book navigates the pitfalls of budding friendship and explores the rewards of patience under the sure hand of seasoned author/illustrator Barney Saltzberg.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781623541071 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1623541077 |
| Author: | Barney Saltzberg |
| Publisher: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Imagine Publishing, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
A conversation starter for preschoolers.Dog and Rabbit are fine on their own, but they each want a friend. Pleasantly square pages contain softly edged illustrations mostly separated by negative space, emphasizing the emotional and physical distance between the animals. Chunky, black, handwriting-inspired type contrasts with the negative space and balances the gentle blues, greens, and browns that make up the bulk of the color palette. Brown, floppy-eared Dog eventually notices Rabbit and wishes for friendship, but gray Rabbit is fixated on what he believes is a bunny inside Dog’s house. Even as Dog is thinking about Rabbit on one of the rare double-page spreads, Rabbit looks up at the same evening moon thinking about the unreachable bunny. But once Rabbit wanders into Dog’s house to discover that the bunny is a refrigerator magnet, the pair quickly settles into an amicable friendship. The duo’s contentment is fortunate, for no other potential matches seem to exist save for a few fleeting glimpses of a red bird. The colors, sparse illustrations, and predictable plot make this a satisfactory beginning book about friendship for young children. Grown-up readers may go down rabbit holes of their own, wondering whether Rabbit is settling for Dog and about the merits of waiting around for others to arrive at their own realizations. An odd-couple friendship story with a focus on perception and patience.
—Kirkus Reviews
Barney Saltzberg
Plt;bPgt;Barney SaltzbergPlt;/bPgt; is the author and illustrator of close to 50 books for children, including Plt;iPgt;Beautiful Oops!Plt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Arlo Needs GlassesPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Andrew Drew and DrePlt;/iPgt;w, and the bestselling Touch and Feel Kisses series with over one million copies in print. Additionally, heP#39;s recorded four albums of music for children.
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