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Blue Rabbit and the Runaway Wheel
One day when Blue Rabbit is looking for adventure instead of where he is going he hits a large rock and the wheel comes off his bicycle.He sets off to look for it but soon realises that the runaway wheel has caused all kinds of chaos for Squirrel, Badger and Tortoise.
32 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2001
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Christopher Wormell
106 books30 followersChristopher Wormell is an English printmaker, principally known for his illustrated books.
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August 20, 2019
When I saw this book I just had to purchase it for my daughter because, aged about six, she had a blue rabbit that she dearly loved. Indeed, when on holiday she left it behind at Glastonbury and did not realise until we reached our destination of Teignmouth in Devon. The tears meant a trip back to Glastonbury to reunite the pair the following morning. Deborah, now aged, well, over 40, still has her blue rabbit, minus all its stuffing, and still cherishes it to this day! The book will make a lovely Christmas present for her.
In this episode in Blue Rabbit's life, he is out riding his bicycle but is not looking where he is going. He hits a rock and off flies his front wheel. And then the fun begins as in turn a squirrel, a badger and a tortoise all fall foul of the wayward 'whizzing' wheel as Blue Rabbit chases after it. Eventually the three injured animals realise that Blue Rabbit is the reckless rider of the bicycle. But by then he has fixed the wheel back in place and is off down the road again … this time looking where he is going!
Christopher Wormell tells the story with great humour and illustrates it with his own special and colourful linocuts.
In this episode in Blue Rabbit's life, he is out riding his bicycle but is not looking where he is going. He hits a rock and off flies his front wheel. And then the fun begins as in turn a squirrel, a badger and a tortoise all fall foul of the wayward 'whizzing' wheel as Blue Rabbit chases after it. Eventually the three injured animals realise that Blue Rabbit is the reckless rider of the bicycle. But by then he has fixed the wheel back in place and is off down the road again … this time looking where he is going!
Christopher Wormell tells the story with great humour and illustrates it with his own special and colourful linocuts.
June 27, 2017
Wait, what? The rabbit doesn't apologize, just makes a getaway? I mean, not every children's book has to have a lesson in good citizenship, of course. But this seems just random to me.
And the pictures are simple and bold, and most of the elements of the story are simple... I think it should be a smaller picture-book, not an oversized one. If it should even be, at all....
And the pictures are simple and bold, and most of the elements of the story are simple... I think it should be a smaller picture-book, not an oversized one. If it should even be, at all....
November 6, 2007
Beautiful illustrations and a great little story of adventure and independence. I love it.
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July 30, 2012I'm inexplicably drawn to the assertive line in the illustrations.
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