The April Rabbits

by David Cleveland

Book Overview

As Robert goes about his daily activities during April, he encounters an ever-increasing number of rabbits. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059042369X
• ISBN13: 9780590423694
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

If you see a rabbit on the first....

Poor Robert, all innocent, on his way to school, on the first day of April--sees one rabbit. The next day he sees two rabbits. On the tenth day he sees ten holes in the lawn with rabbit ears sprouting happenstance. On the sixteenth Robert finds sixteen rabbits making double-decker peanut butter and radish sandwiches in the kitchen. On the twenty-fifth Robert gets just the book he wants at the library even though twenty-five rabbits are in line in front of him. And so it goes, all the way to the twenty-ninth when Robert sees twenty-nine rabbits with suitcases tiptoeing down his driveway and out of sight. On the last day of April Robert does not see a single rabbit. But that night.... So what is the point of this little book about rabbits and Robert? Will your child notice that the story begins on April Fool's Day? Perhaps as a teacher you want to reinforce numbers and counting and distinguishing among the multitude of rabbits in the larger gatherings. Perhaps you want to duplicate some of the pages (all?) and have each child color one, then line them up around the room to practice counting 1-30. (The pages resemble coloring book pages.) Perhaps you want to practice anticipating and predicting what happens at the very end when night comes. This book about Robert and the rabbits is a little gem of possibilities.

The April Rabbits

This is a wonderful children's book for children about ages 5 or 6 who are interested in the days of the month and counting. Very cute and delightful illustrations.

The Best!

If only all children's books were so great. This was a favorite for both the kids and adults in our family. So clever. Such fun. So light-hearted.

The April Rabbits

I taught kindergarten/1st grade for 10 years. This book was a favorite every year and had the childrens' rapt attention and laughter. Great for teaching ordinal numbers.

Excellent for Children of All ages!

This was my favorite book as a child. The illustrations are hilarious. It's an extremely fun book at any age!