“Her daddy didn’t know and he put Knuffle Bunny into the washing machine, and then she was crying ‘squibble squabble.’” –Maddison, 4
For my class, there was no such thing as too much Knuffle Bunny. A friend recommended that I look into the series for my students, and it was some of the best advice I received all year. The story is silly and highly relatable to all little ones that have a stuffed animal or blanket that they love very much. But what had my kids truly mesmerized, besides toddler Trixie’s delightfully dramatic tantrum, were the illustrations. Willems uses sepia-toned photos of Brooklyn as the backdrop for his colorful cartoon drawings of Trixie and her family. This series eventually led us to the “Pigeon” and “Elephant and Piggie” stories, which are equally hilarious and imaginative.
