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My Friend Rabbit
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The front cover of the book My Friend Rabbit
Author Eric Rohmann
Illustrator Eric Rohmann
Cover artist Eric Rohmann
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's picture book
Publisher Roaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date
2002
Pages 32 pages
ISBN 978-1-59643-080-8
Preceded by The Three Pigs 
Followed by The Man Who Walked Between the Towers 

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.

Description

My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book of 32 pages that teaches the readers especially to young children about toys, trouble, and friendship. The illustrations of Eric Rohmann's third picture 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. In every try Rabbit attempts to free the airplane he always fails and causes a bigger problem. Rabbit finds different solutions for the problem but with every attempt something always goes wrong. But Mouse as his friend stays by Rabbit's side, offering a message about true friendship.

Television series

My Friend Rabbit
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My Friend Rabbit title card
Genre Animation
Family
Directed by Jason Groh
Voices of Peter Oldring
Richard Binsley
Narrated by Richard Binsley
Composer(s) John Welsman
Country of origin Canada
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 26
Production
Executive producer(s) Eric Rohmann
Paul Robertson
Producer(s) Lan Lamon
Jamie Piekarz
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Nelvana Limited
Distributor Nelvana Limited
Release
Original network Treehouse TV
Qubo
Picture format 480i (4:3 SDTV)
First shown in US
Original release October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) – 2008 (2008)

NBC began airing an 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.

Cast/Characters

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 that get into situations which fit them 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 don't. 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).

Double-length episodes

Double-length episodes feature the whole of two normal episodes. As of 2011, one double-length episode has aired so far, and it was titled " Ladybug Day".

  • Ladybug Day: As Mouse is painting a canvas for ladybug day, he accidentally falls in the paint (raspberry juice). Rabbit, Jasper, Thunder and Hazel are all busy making stuff for the ladybug day. They see Mouse in the paint and help him to get it off with many results, but can't as raspberry juice makes a stain. The ladybugs like Mouse and come to the party.

صديقي الارنب

صديقي الارنب is the Arabic-dubbed version of it, and it was aired on Baraem TV.

Il Mio Amico Coniglio

The Italian language version of My Friend Rabbit is called Il Mio Amico Coniglio. It aired in Italy on Rai Yoyo.

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
Awards
Preceded by
The Three Pigs
Caldecott Medal recipient
2003
Succeeded by
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

See also

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