Room for Rabbit
Kindergarten-Grade 2-In this delightful follow-up to Missing Rabbit (Clarion, 2002), Schotter again explores issues related to divorce and remarriage. Taking her favorite toy with her, Kara goes to visit with her father and his new wife. But Papa's house is now cluttered with Peggy's things, and the child worries that there's no longer room for her. After she tells her father that Rabbit thinks the house is too crowded, he and Peggy make more space for Kara and her stuffed animal. The story walks the line between narrative and bibliotherapy with relative ease, aided by Moore's warm, cartoonlike watercolors. Kara and her parents, biological and step, are portrayed as a loving family, and children will find this tale reassuring.Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, ColumbiaCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.