Daisy Rabbit's Tree House [Hardcover]

Penny Dale (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 1995 | Age Level: 3 and up

Daisy Rabbit always feels homesick when she sleeps at her friends' houses, so she and her friends decide to build a house in the cherry tree, where they all can stay on summer nights without getting sad.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-A gentle story, with charming pictures of the animals of Sandy Edge, introduced through an engaging endpaper map. Young Daisy Rabbit sometimes spends the night at her friends' houses. She has a good time, but also sorely misses her bed and family. Her mother then suggests a compromise. Why not have all of her pals sleep outside in her tree house in their back yard? The soft, earth-toned watercolors show cozy, full-page scenes of the animals enjoying various activities. While the tree-house solution might work in "animal land," the comparable solution in real life might not be as practical. But the book can be used to explore feelings of homesickness and as a springboard for discussion.?Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (October 2, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564026418
• ISBN-13: 978-1564026415
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,517,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars wonderful illustrations, November 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Daisy Rabbit's Tree House (Paperback)

This is a favorite of mine, because of the wonderful illustrations of the different homes the animals live in. I've read it often to my two kids, now ages 2 and 5. I love seeing inside the intricately drawn households of the zebra family, the hedgehog family, etc. The pictures capture a lot of fun between the various animal playmates, and seem to fill in the story above and beyond the text: an elephant giving her rabbit friend a showerbath, a spirited game of hide and seek, and the wonderful treehouse draped in colorful cloths. I think except for the illustrations in Wild Child, I've never seen illustrations I like as much as those in this book. The story is warm and nurturing to the extreme--sometimes I wish Daisy were stronger and took things more into her own hands (mom rabbit is the one to come up with a plan)...but it does send a message that families can find solutions to problems, and it shows good examples of kindness and friendship, too.