Talk about what is happening in the pictures and what the story might be about. This is a story about losing something precious and the difficulties of making yourself understood and relying on others when you are very young.īefore you start reading the book, talk about the illustrations on the cover and on the copyright page which show Trixie’s parents’ wedding and her birth. Fortunately Mum realises the problem straight away and Knuffle Bunny is rescued. (Sept.Age 0-5 When Trixie takes Knuffle Bunny to the Laundromat everything goes well until they head home and Trixie realises she has left her favourite toy behind! No matter how upset she becomes dad doesn’t understand. Willems once again demonstrates his keen insight with a story both witty and wise. She went boneless." The accompanying pictures comically corroborate the omniscient narrator's claim.
We're going home." An especially delicious scene finds the frustrated Trixie abandoning baby talk for action: "Well, she had no choice.
"Aggle flaggle klabble!" she says when she finds Knuffle Bunny missing, and her well-intentioned but clueless father translates, "That's right. Her wide-eyed enthusiasm about the world around her is matched only by her desperate attempts to communicate. But it's pre-verbal Trixie who steals the show. Willems renders the characters with Little Lulu–style pointed noses and their expressions are laugh-out-loud funny, from the hapless father's worried look as he and Trixie venture out to the Laundromat, to his roll-up-your-sleeves determination as he rescues the stuffed toy from the washing machine. His economical storytelling and deft skill with line lend the book its distinctive charm, while the endpapers mitigate anxiety by clueing in readers concerning the solution to Trixie's problem. ) creates an entertaining story for parents and children alike. In an innovative style that employs dappled black-and-white photographs of Brooklyn as backdrop to wickedly funny color cartoons, Willems ( Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The plot is simple: Trixie loses bunny, finds bunny and then exuberantly says her first words-"Knuffle Bunny!!!" The fun comes from the details.
Any child who has ever had a favorite toy will identify with the toddler star of this tale.
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