| 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 |
| Pub 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 and first published in 2002. The illustrations in the book earned Rohmann the Caldecott Medal in 2003.[1] My Friend Rabbit was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.
My Friend Rabbit is a 32-page children's picture book, which follows the adventures of a mouse and a rabbit.
Rohmann used "thick-lined colored woodcuts" to illustrate his book.[2] The reader needs to turn the book sideways to look at one image properly, making "the climax [...] even more dramatic".[3] According to a reviewer in Booklist, the book's "[t]remendous physical humor delivers a gentle lesson about accepting friends as they are".[4]
A mouse loans his new airplane to his best friend, Rabbit, resulting in a series of troublesome events. When the airplane gets stuck in a tree, Rabbit gathers a group of animals in an attempt to retrieve it. The plan goes awry and the animals fall, causing them to become angry with Rabbit. Despite this, Mouse remains loyal to his friend and demonstrates the true nature of friendship. In the end, Rabbit comes up with a new idea to retrieve the airplane, leading to further adventures.
| Genre: | Adventure Animation Comedy Family |
| Director: | Jason Groh |
| Voices: | Peter Oldring Richard Binsley |
| Theme Music Composer: | John Welsman Cherie Camp |
| Opentheme: | We Can Do it Together by Cherie Camp |
| Endtheme: | We Can Do it Together (Instrumental) |
| Composer: | John Welsman |
| Country: | Canada |
| Num Series: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
| Producer: | Lan Lamon Jamie Piekarz |
| Executive Producer: | Eric Rohmann Paul Robertson Scott Dyer Doug Murphy |
| Animator: | 9 Story Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Company: | Nelvana Limited Qubo |
| Channel: | Treehouse TV Qubo |
In the autumn of 2007, Nelvana produced an animated children's television show based on My Friend Rabbit.[5] The program was recognized with several awards, including the Pulcinella Award for Best Preschool TV Series in 2008 and the Alliance of Children's Television Award for Best Preschool Series in 2009. The show was also nominated for three Gemini Awards in categories that included Best Direction, Best Musical Scoring, and Best Screenwriting. The nominees were Jason Groh for Best Direction, John Welsman for Best Musical Scoring, and Steve Westren for Best Screenwriting. Ultimately, Steve Westren won the award.[6]
This show aired on Qubo (first on the programming blocks on NBC and Telemundo on October 4, 2007, and the network on October 6 and continued until July 25, 2020.[7]