Title: Robin and the White Rabbit
Authors: Åse Brunnström and Emma Lindström
Genre: Autism / Animals / Disability / School / Friendship
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 2017
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for providing
me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
It is rare that I find children’s books that discusses autism and how
the protagonist who has autism deals with it.
So, imagine my surprise and delight when I found out that Edelweiss has
a copy of a children’s book that deals with autism called “Robin and the White Rabbit” by Åse Brunnström and Emma Lindström and man, was I impressed by this
inspiring children’s book!
Meet
Robin!
Robin is a young girl who often has trouble expressing
her true feelings as her emotions seems bottled up inside of her (or in this
case, are shown as words that swirl around her) and she has problems with
communicating with other children because of this. One day, when Robin goes and sits underneath
a tree by herself while the other children are playing on the playground, a
white rabbit suddenly comes up and offers Robin a way to communicate her
feelings by showing her pictures of her favorite activities and making a chart
that shows what activities she likes and what activities she does not like.
Wow! I was quite impressed with this book as it was
both creative and inspiring at the same time!
It is rare that I have read a book that deals with autism and Åse Brunnström and Emma Lindström have both done a
wonderful job at writing this story as they show what autism is like and how
you can help anyone who has autism express their feelings more clearly. I like the fact that Robin becomes friends
with a white rabbit who truly helps Robin cope with her autism. I especially
loved the way that the rabbit helps Robin by showing her pictures of various
activities that she could play and placing them on a chart that tells the
audience what activities she likes and what activities she does not like. This activity would certainly help a parent
or a teacher understand about how to deal with children or other people who
have autism and gain a better understanding of what having autism is like. I will admit that I was a little curious
about whether or not the white rabbit is a figment of Robin’s imagination or
really exists in that world, but because I loved the idea about this book
exploring autism and the white rabbit helping Robin deal with her autism, I
eventually did not mind where the white rabbit came from. Emma
Lindström’s artwork is highly creative as the artwork has a mixture of
watercolor drawn characters mixed with realistic photos which gives the story a
unique atmosphere. I also loved the
images of the white rabbit itself as it is drawn in a cute way and I loved
seeing the little blue bag it carries as it makes me interested in seeing what
the white rabbit has in its bag!
Overall, “Robin
and the White Rabbit” is a truly cute and inspiring story that would be
great for parents and teachers who are dealing with children and loved ones
with autism and it is definitely a children’s book that is worth checking out! I would recommend this book to children ages
four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
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