My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK)

Rohmann, Eric; Rohmann, Eric [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0761315357 / ISBN 13: 9780761315353

Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2002

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Seller Inventory # 0761315357-3-21356057

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Friend Rabbit: A Picture Book (CALDECOTT MEDAL BOOK)
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761315357
• ISBN 13: 9780761315353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rohmann, Eric
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Rabbit saves the day in a most ingeneous way.

When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints.

My Friend Rabbit is the winner of the 2003 Caldecott Medal.

About the Author

Eric Rohmann won the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit, and a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. He is also the author and illustrator of Clara and Asha, A Kitten Tale, and The Cinder-Eyed Cats, among other books for children. He has illustrated many other books, including Last Song, based on a poem by James Guthrie, and has created book jackets for a number of novels, including His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.  Rohmann was born in Riverside, Illinois in 1957. He grew up in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago. As a boy, he played Little League baseball, read comic books, and collected rocks and minerals, insects, leaves, and animal skulls.  Rohmann has his BS in Art and an MS in Studio Art from Illinois State University, and an MFA in Printmaking/Fine Bookmaking from Arizona State University. He also studied Anthropology and Biology. He taught printmaking, painting, and fine bookmaking at Belvoir Terrace in Massachusetts and introductory drawing, fine bookmaking, and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Minnesota.  He lives in a suburb of Chicago.