![]() ![]() By the time Billy drops both Rabbit and his lunchbox in the mud on the way to school (in the midst of blustery rainy weather), Mama's had enough. ![]() And when Billy's supposed to brush his teeth, Rabbit's buttons are all askew. ![]() When Billy's supposed to get dressed for the day, Rabbit has a stomach ache (according to Billy). When Billy's supposed to wash his hands, Rabbit won't "eat" his egg. Billy's stuffed rabbit is the cause of a lot of delay as both boy and mother get ready for the day. In Billy's own words, "Rabbit's being naughty". From the moment Billy wakes up in the morning the day gets off to a slow start. A sweet tale of a mother-son relationship that is ever-so briefly tested and survives intact. Now when someone asks me to name such a book, I have "Don't Forget I Love You" to back me up. Maybe I would've babbled something about the end of "No, David" by David Shannon. And if yesterday you had stopped me on the street, point blank, to ask me to name a picture book, just off the top of my head, that confronted this fear, I would've been up a tree. It's the worry that one's parents no longer love them because they've been naughty or bad in some way. But there's a really basic worry that children feel even if they may not always be able to vocalize it. They might reassure children that no monsters lurk in dark shadows beneath their bed, or that going to school for the first time can be scary but fun. Some picture books are written to deliver a certain sense of comfort to their preschool readerdom. ![]()
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