Bathtime for Little Rabbit
A teacher’s look at why this book belongs in the Page Grabbers stage.
Why it fits Page Grabbers (for young toddlers who treat books as things to do)
The reader dries Little Rabbit's ears and warms the towel. Interactive caretaking - the toddler becomes the parent for one book. German picture-book design at its warmest.
What makes it special
The reader does the caretaking — drying ears, warming the towel — a complete role reversal that toddlers find intoxicating. Mühle's soft pencil-and-wash rabbit is European picture-book craft at its gentlest. Caring for someone smaller, even a paper rabbit, is empathy's first rehearsal.
From the publisher
1 volume (unpaged) : 17…
About Jörg Mühle
Jörg Mühle is a Frankfurt illustrator whose Little Rabbit board books ask the child to do the caretaking — patting, drying, comforting — a quietly brilliant reversal that has traveled from Germany into dozens of languages.
Also by this author: Tickle My Ears · Poor Little Rabbit!
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