{"id":36073,"date":"2019-05-13T14:57:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36073"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:56:30","slug":"review-of-rabbit-bear-rabbits-bad-habits-by-julian-gough-jim-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36073","title":{"rendered":"Review of Rabbit & Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits, by Julian Gough & Jim Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rabbit & Bear<\/p>\n

Rabbit\u2019s Bad Habits<\/em><\/p>\n

story by Julian Gough
\nillustrations by Jim Field<\/p>\n

SilverDolphin, San Diego, 2018. First published in Great Britain in 2016. 101 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I want to call this a charming beginning chapter book, but it doesn\u2019t actually have chapters. It\u2019s got the format and length and skill level of a beginning chapter book, though, and is perfect for those readers. (I find myself wishing they\u2019d stuck chapter breaks in just so the kids could say they\u2019d read a chapter book.)<\/p>\n

The story is about Bear waking up early in the middle of winter and deciding she\u2019s going to build a snowman. She meets Rabbit, who knows much more about making a snowman than Bear does, and has plenty of advice.<\/p>\n

Along the way, they make friends, even though Rabbit has done some not-very-nice things. But he has given Bear a carrot for her snowman, so when a Wolf is after Rabbit, Bear uses what she\u2019s learned to save the day.<\/p>\n

And we learn that you can be friends with someone who may have some quirks and may not be nice every moment. Not that you should be friends with someone who’s mean, but read the book! It manages just the right balance.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, we learn why rabbits eat their own poo! (Their food is only half-digested. But it\u2019s all explained clearly.)<\/p>\n

The overall product is a making-friends story with charmingly flawed and friendly characters.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s the start of a series! I can\u2019t wait for more.<\/p>\n

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