This book was sitting in our school library return basket today, and it caught my eye. I read it while waiting for my class to finish checking out books, and it completely bowled me over.
Little Taylor is heartbroken when his beautiful creation gets knocked over. His animal friends come along one by one to offer their help and advice - one wants to talk it out, another wants to get angry, yet another encourages revenge, and, of course, one wants to fix it for him.
But Taylor doesn't want or need to do any of those things. As he sits alone, struggling to figure things out, the rabbit sits down next to him and just listens.
And that is exactly what Taylor needed.
Doerrfeld is both author and illustrator of this simple story of loss and grief. She addresses the need to have someone just listen with clarity and honesty.
Cori Doerrfeld website
Brightly interview with Cori Doerrfeld
Drawing demo with Cori Doerrfeld
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