Super Rabbit by Stephanie Blake
| Super Rabbit by Stephanie Blake | |
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| Category: For Sharing | |
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Reviewer: Ruth Ng
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| Summary: Get your pants on over your tights, it's superhero time for Simon the rabbit. | |
| Buy? yes | Borrow? yes |
| Pages: 32 | Date: September 2016 |
| Publisher: Gecko Press | |
| ISBN: 9781877579561 | |
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We do love a good Stephanie Blake story in our house, and since we've pretty much worn out Stupid Baby we were very happy to give Simon's newest adventure a go. Simon the rabbit is not just any old rabbit, he is Super Rabbit, of course, complete with cape and mask! He is brave, he is bold, he is adventurous and, oh my goodness, he has got a splinter…!
These books are so simply drawn, and yet so completely charming. Blake seems to hit upon the essence of small boys in each story she creates. I have my own small boy who has been crazy about superheroes for the last year or so. Indeed, only the other week I had to walk all the way to his nursery with him dressed as Ironman, complete with the mask, and the occasional arm extended to shoot passersby! Here we see Simon set off on his own adventure into the garden to fight some super villains. He finds a hollow tree and, very bravely, he goes inside. Once inside he finds it is cold and dark and so suddenly he is yelling with all his might for his mummy! Poor Simon has got a splinter from the tree (though he tells his mum it was from a super villain's sword). Mummy gets a needle and sterilises it, ready to remove the splinter so that Super Rabbit can fight another day!
There are a great many things that I like about this book. I like when Simon falls off his bed and lands on top of the cat, who declares Simon isn't all that super! I also really like when Simon isn't quite as brave as he thought he was and shouts for his mummy from the tree. I really love, however, the illustration when Simon is sitting ready to have the splinter removed. The look on his face is so funny, with the needle coming closer to his finger! It perfectly captures that moment of fear little children have over injections and splinter removal and ripping a plaster off!
The style is the same as the other books about Simon, with bold, bright colours, all very loud and attention-grabbing, and black centred text that flows in differing font sizes depending on the emphasis required for the words. It's an unusual style, but I like it. My favourite emphasis in this particular book is when it says that Simon came upon a hollow tree and it's the words hollow tree that are emphasised. What a lovely word to teach a toddler, hollow. All the action is very easy to follow, and I liked that Simon's ordeal with the splinter ends up being nothing at all to be worried about. I'm sure that will come in useful in our house one day.
Perfect for mini heroes everywhere, this is certainly another story we will read and re-read, over and over again!
Further reading suggestion: If you're new to the delights of stories about Simon, then set your sights on these lovely books: I Want Spaghetti! and I Don't Want To Go To School
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