Rabbit & Possum
By (Author) Dana Wulfekotte
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
13th April 2018
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 228mm, Height 279mm, Spine 10mm
320g
Rabbit likes to leap before she looks. Possum is a little more cautious. Together, they are a dynamic duo ready to charm fans of Frog and Toad or Toot & Puddle!
Rabbit has been preparing all day for her best friend Possums visit, but when the time comes she finds Possum fast asleep. No matter what Rabbit does, she just cant wake him up. But then a rustle in the bushes frightens Possum and sends him up a treewhere he gets very, very stuck. Rabbit has any number of ideas to get him down. Unfortunately, they all make Possum a little...uneasy. But best friends never give up. With a little creativityand a big surpriseRabbit just might be able to save the day.
These unlikely friends and their upbeat humor are just right for fans of Eric Rohmanns My Friend Rabbit and Kelly Binghams Z Is for Moose."Simple, cartoon-style digitally colored pencil drawings fill in this story's narration with illustrated thought bubbles reflecting Rabbit's ideas for rescue. ...Friendship, loyalty, and determination come through in this well-paced exploit." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Stylized, digitally colored illustrations in a muted palette...elevate this gentle friendship story." -- School Library Journal
"After a frightened Possum races up a tree and gets trapped, Rabbit employs creative problem solving to get her friend back down. ...Wulfekotte's cartoons are charming." -- Publishers Weekly
Dana Wulfekotte is a freelance animator, comic artist, and children's book author and illustrator. She is the author and artist of Rabbit & Possum, and the illustrator of the Schneider Family Award Honor Book The Remember Balloons, by Jessie Oliveros. She's done work for Buzzfeed, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Fox. Dana Wulfekotte lives in Queens with her boyfriend and pet rabbit.