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My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture 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. The book was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.

Description
My friend Rabbit is a children’s picture book containing 32 pages that teaches the readers especially young children about toys, trouble and friendship. The illustration by Erich Rohmann’s third picture book is based upon the perfect vehicle for a simple, heartfelt tale about childhood. According to the Amazon Reviews "this gentle lesson is about patience and loyalty, balanced on the back of a hilarious set of illustrations, that will leave young readers clamoring for repeat readings."

Synopsis
The book begins when Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit play with his brand-new airplane, and trouble is not far behind. Rabbit tries to help mouse with the problem he started by freeing the plane he trapped in the tree. In every try rabbit does with freeing the airplane he always fails and causes a bigger problem. Rabbit finds different solutions for the problem and every attempt something always goes wrong. But mouse as his friend stays by rabbit’s side proving us readers the message of true friendship. This is a good story that teaches us that friends are always there to support us in any given situation.

Television series
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, Fuji TV, KBS2 and Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland) and was awarded the Pulcinella Award for Best Preschool TV Series 2008, and the Alliance of Children's 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.

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 rhinoceros who 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.