My Friend Rabbit

My Friend Rabbit
The front cover of the book My Friend Rabbit
Author(s)	Eric Rohmann
Illustrator	Eric Rohmann
Cover artist	Eric Rohmann
Country	CAN and United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's picture book
Publisher	Roaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date	2002
Pages	32 pages
ISBN	9781596430808
Preceded by	The Three Pigs
Followed by	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book book written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. Published in 2002, the book is a lighthearted tale about the friendship between a mouse and a rabbit. Rohmann won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.^[1] The book was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.

Television series

My Friend Rabbit
Genre	Children's television series
Directed by	Jason Groh
Voices of	Peter Oldring Richard Binsley Denise Oliver Jeremy Harris Milton Barnes Hannah Endicott-Douglas Mallory Mahoney Nissae Isen Camden Angelis Stacey DePass
Narrated by	Richard Binsley
Composer(s)	John Welsman
Country of origin	Canada
No. of series	2
Production
Executive producer(s)	Eric Rohmann Paul Robertson
Producer(s)	Lan Lamon Jamie Piekarz
Running time	10 minutes
Production company(s)	Nelvana Limited Treehouse TV
Distributor	Qubo
Broadcast
Original channel	Qubo 1TV Boomerang Treehouse TV Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland) Nick Jr.
First shown in	US
Original run	Autumn 2007 – present

NBC began airing an animated children's show based on the book in the Autumn of 2007. My Friend Rabbit is currently aired on Qubo, 1TV, Boomerang, Treehouse TV, Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland) and Nickjr and was awarded the Pulcinella Award for Best Preschool TV Series 2008, and the Alliance of Childrens Television award for Best Preschool Series 2009.MY FRIEND RABBIT was Nominated for 3 Gemini awards for Best Direction (Jason Groh),Best Musical Scoring (John Welsman) and Best Screenwriting (Steve Westren).Steve Westren won the Gemini Award for Screenwriting.

Cast/Characters

Main Characters

• Rabbit (Peter Oldring) - A kind and sharing rabbit that gets into all types of situations.
• Mouse (Richard Binsley) - A loving and sharing mouse who is Rabbit's sidekick that get into situations which fit them and Rabbit. He doesn't like water or swimming.
• Hazel (Denise Oliver) - The acorn-loving squirrel who is a bit like Mouse as she doesn't like swimming or she gets a squirrel with a wet tail. She spends most of her time dealing with her acorns.
• Thunder (Jeremy Harris) - A mentally challenged rhinoceros^{[citation needed]}. He tends to be a bit "slower" than the other characters, but is cheerful and loves learning new things. He likes making songs most of all.
• Jasper (Milton Barnes) - The fishing-loving crocodile. Of all the characters, he seems to be the most mature and knows many things the others don't. When the other characters need to know something, they often go to him for sage advice.
• Edweena (Stacey DePass) - An elephant who acts like everyone's big sister^{[citation needed]}.

The Gibble Goose Girls

A quartet of goslings that go and do everything together. They each have their own personality, but are almost never seen alone. When they talk, they tend to do it all at once: one girl will start a sentence, and each other girl will complete part of the sentence until they finish. They also look like sisters due to the same color of their bodies. Their names are Amber Gibble (Hannah Endicott-Douglas), Coral Gibble (Mallory Mahoney), Jade Gibble (Nissae Isen), and Pearl Gibble (Camden Angelis).

Minor Characters

• Harriet the Stork
• Ladybugs (appears in the episode Ladybug Day)
• Worms
• Beaver

Double-length episodes

Double-length episodes feature the whole of two normal episodes. As of 2011, one double-legnthed episode has aired so far, and it was titled "Ladybug Day".

• Ladybug Day: As Mouse is painting a canvas for ladybug day, he accidentally falls in the paint (raspberry juice). Rabbit, Jasper, Thunder and Hazel are all busy making stuff for the ladybug day. They see Mouse in the paint and help him to get it off with many results, but can't as raspberry juice makes a stain. The ladybugs like Mouse and come to the party.

Television airing

UK - Playhouse Disney

USA - Qubo

Canada - Nick (in the Nick Jr. block), Treehouse TV

Georgia - 1TV

Australia Nick Jr., Boomerang

References

1. ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.

External links

• My Friend Rabbit on Nickelodeon
  
• My Friend Rabbit on Treehouse
  
• My Friend Rabbit on Qubo

Awards
Preceded by The Three Pigs	Caldecott Medal recipient 2003	Succeeded by The Man Who Walked Between the Towers