SuitabookRabbit and the snowman
Sally O. Lee
- Reading
- Read together at an unhurried pace, pausing where the snowman is alone and again when the rabbit considers its disappearance. Let your reader decide what they make of the rabbit’s explanation.
- Themes
- Friendship across separation: After the children leave the snowman alone, it befriends a rabbit; their bond is restored when the snowman is made again in winter. The book presents this favourably.
- Appearance and self-worth: The snowman wonders whether its features explain why the children do not return; later the rabbit questions whether appearance explains the snowman’s departure. The book takes a critical view of this.
- Worth knowing
- The snowman is described as lonely and sad after the children leave, and later melts with spring. These moments may be worth noting if separation or loss is a tender subject for your reader.