My Friend Rabbit

My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. Published in 2002, the book is a lighthearted tale about the friendship between a mouse and a rabbit. Rohmann won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations. The book was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.

My Friend Rabbit
The front cover of the book My Friend Rabbit
AuthorEric Rohmann
IllustratorEric Rohmann
Cover artistEric Rohmann
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherRoaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date
2002
Pages32 pages
ISBN978-1-59643-080-8
Preceded byThe Three Pigs 
Followed byThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers 

Description

My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book of 32 pages that teaches the readers about toys, trouble, and friendship. The illustrations of the book comprise a simple, heartfelt tale about childhood.

Synopsis

The book begins when Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit play with his brand-new airplane, and trouble is not far behind. Rabbit tries to help Mouse with the problem he started by freeing the plane he trapped in a tree. He gets the idea of gathering a bunch of animals and stacking them up in a pile high enough to reach the airplane. He gathers an elephant, a rhinoceros, a sleeping hippopotamus, a deer, a bear, an alligator, a goose (with her goslings who aren't stacked) and a squirrel. Picking up mouse, they get the airplane, but all the animals fall and are mad at Rabbit. But as Rabbit's friend, Mouse always stays by his side, offering a message about true friendship, so he uses his airplane to get him away from the animals. Unfortunately, they get it stuck in another tree, giving Rabbit another idea.

Television series
My Friend Rabbit
GenreAdventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Directed byJason Groh
Voices ofPeter Oldring
Richard Binsley
Theme music composerJohn Welsman
Cherie Camp
Opening themeWe Can Do it Together by Cherie Camp
Ending themeWe Can Do it Together (Instrumental)
ComposerJohn Welsman
Country of originUnited States
Canada
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersEric Rohmann
Paul Robertson
Scott Dyer
Doug Murphy
ProducersLan Lamon
Jamie Piekarz
Animator9 Story Entertainment
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesNelvana Limited
Qubo
DistributorNelvana Limited
Release
Original networkTreehouse TV
Qubo
Picture formatNTSC
Audio formatDolby SR
Original releaseOctober 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) –
2008 (2008)
Chronology
RelatedTurbo Dogs
Shelldon

NBC began airing a Nelvana-produced Canadian animated children's show based on the book in the Autumn of 2007. My Friend Rabbit aired on Qubo, Treehouse TV, Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland), and Disney Junior (Canada) and was awarded the Pulcinella Award for Best Preschool TV Series 2008, and the Alliance of Children's Television award for Best Preschool Series 2009. My Friend Rabbit was Nominated for 3 Gemini awards for Best Direction (Jason Groh), Best Musical Scoring (John Welsman) and Best Screenwriting (Steve Westren). Steve Westren won the Gemini Award for Screenwriting.

Main Characters
  • Rabbit (Peter Oldring) - A kind and sharing rabbit that gets into all types of situations. His catchphrases are "Thumpeka!", "Carrotastic!", "Time for a hop-think", and "Hip-hopperoo!".
  • Mouse (Richard Binsley) - A loving and sharing mouse who is Rabbit's sidekick and best friend who gets into situations which fits him and Rabbit. He does not like water or swimming. He breaks the fourth wall throughout every episode.
  • Hazel (Denise Oliver) - The acorn-loving squirrel who is a bit like Mouse as she does not like swimming or she gets a squirrel with a wet tail. She spends most of her time dealing with her acorns.
  • Thunder (Jeremy Harris) - A rhinoceros who tends to be a bit "slower" than the other characters, but is cheerful and loves learning new things. He likes making songs most of all.
  • Jasper (Milton Barnes) - The fishing-loving alligator. Of all the characters, he seems to be the most mature and knows many things the others do not. When the other characters need to know something, they often go to him for sage advice.
  • Edwina (Stacey DePass) - An elephant who acts like everyone's big sister.
  • The Gibble Goose Girls - A quartet of goslings that go and do everything together. They each have their own personality, but are almost never seen alone. When they talk, they tend to do it all at once: one girl will start a sentence, and each other girl will complete part of the sentence until they finish. Their names are Coral (Isabel de Carteret), Amber (Hannah Endicott-Douglas), Jade (Nissae Isen) and Pearl (Camden Angelis).

Episodes

Season 1
  • 1. Little Dutch Rabbit / Fishing for the Moon
  • 2. Follow the Leader / Chasing Rainbows
  • 3. Mouse's Moss / The Sounds of Silence
  • 4. Hazel's Big Surprise / The Last Leaf
  • 5. A Gift at Last / The Big To Do
  • 6. Muddy Puddle / Silly Pilly
  • 7. Nest Quest / Bouncy Bog
  • 8. Branching Out / Willow Pond Wackadoo
  • 9. I'm Rabbit, I'm Rabbit / Bogged in Fog
  • 10. Strange Bee-haviour / The Flighty Fly
  • 11. Hazel's Voice / The Perfect Rock
  • 12. Thunder the Poet / The Strawberry Patch
  • 13. Sticky Situation / Ladybug Day

Season 2
  • 1. The Greatest Invention / Turtle in a Hurry
  • 2. A Private Place / My Droopy Friend
  • 3. Pearl's Pals / For The Birds
  • 4. Hazel's Noise / Don't Touch Mossy
  • 5. Mouse's Mountain / You Be Me
  • 6. Gibble Goose Girls Galore / Scaredy Skunk
  • 7. Edwina's New Friend / Frog On A Log
  • 8. The Mysterious Acorn Mystery / The Big Goose
  • 9. The Hoppiest Wish / Mouse's Mysterious Something
  • 10. Catch Me If You Can / The Snow Geese
  • 11. Honey and Berries / Birthday Mousey
  • 12. Sing A Song / Snowed Under
  • 13. Jasper's Frozen Smarts / Thunder's Idea Maker

References
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