Last week we talked about frogs and self acceptance. This week let’s talk about something totally different. Change.
Change happens. It comes whether we want it to or not.
In this picture book by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah OHora, a family of rabbits wakes to discover a foundling wolf on their doorstep. The parents immediately fall for this sweet little charmer. However, the little sister isn’t so smitten. HE’S GOING TO EAT US ALL UP, she keeps reminding them.
Despite her persuasive and logical arguments, the parents keep the baby wolf. What’s a girl to do?
I like this book because…
1) So many times we don’t ask for the change life brings. It just–poof–appears on our doorstep. WHAT WE DO about it determines who we become so much more than WHAT IT IS that happened.
2) The little girl-bunny in the story is totally passionate, and totally ignored, and totally right. Or is she right? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
3) Family love triumphs over all right in the middle of the vegetable aisle.
4) That pink suit. I want one.
5) Buster. The little girl uses words like buster. I love her.
Activity Time
While we have wolves and rabbits on the brain, here are a few games and activities to go along with this book.
- Wolf, Wolf, Rabbit (Duck, Duck, Goose)
- Bowling for Bunnies
- Hopscotch
- I love Wolfie’s suit. I want one for my girls. (I kinda want one for myself.) Anyway, here’s a coloring template for the bunny suit so kids can draw in their own Wolfie The Bunny. Or maybe it’ll be Kitty The Bunny. Pig The Bunny? I’ll let you decide…
