Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

I like this book for several reasons. First, this book exhibits the common issue young children encounter these days; feeling hatred toward those with similar belongings as them, especially if it is something they are super passionate about. At the beginning of the story, Trixie is super excited to show off her bunny, Knuffle, to everyone at school. To her, Knuffle is “...one-of-a-kind..bunny” until she saw another classmate, Sonja, with the same exact bunny as her. Although her attachment for Knuffle remains the same, she like most young children, starts to develop a sense of hatred. However, after a long day at school and a minor incident, Trixie and Sonja become best friends with a small secret. I think the change of plot is a show more lesson worth learning, not only by children, but adults as well. The importance that hate is not the answer to any situation and the reason why one hates another is that they both show affection toward the same thing.By understanding each other’s similarities we can all learn to love together. Second, I like how the illustrations are done in an abstract way. Only the characters in the book are cartoons with colors. The background/setting of the book are images in real life and the colors are back and white. This created a nice contrast and can be easily related by readers. Lastly, I like the sneak peek in the beginning and end of the book. In the beginning, it gave the reader a short but enough information about Trixie’s parents and when Trixie fell in love with Knuffle. At the end of the book, it shows what happened to Trixie and Sonja after they got their bunny back. Overall, “Knuffle Bunny Too” by Mo Willems is a cute children’s book mimicking one of the common problems young children possess through the use of abstract illustration and writing techniques. show less

Trixie starts school with her "one of a kind" Knuffle Bunny when she realizes her classmate has the same one. They fight in class which results in both of their Knuffle Bunnies being taken away for the day. At the end of the day, their Knuffle Bunnies go home with the wrong owner. The two families meet up and switch the Knuffle Bunnies back. The two girls realize that they can be friends. I like this book because it shows that friendship can be found from an unfortunate event and how important it is to be aware of our belongings.

Such a funny book! Trixie and one of her pre-school classmates mistakenly take home each others' stuffed bunnies, which leads to a middle of the night emergency exchange. The illustrations and especially the facial expressions of the characters tell a story of their own.

The strengths in this book are the illustrations. I enjoyed the contrast of black and white backgrounds with colored characters. The text development of Trixie was done very well for a short story book. Her personality made me think of several students that I have had in my classroom. I could easily see kids picking this book and connecting with the story.

This book was hilarious to read. I feel like it touched on the aspect that young children notice everything and they tend to over react over small things. It also talked about two dad that were clearly from different backgrounds dealing with the same situation. I feel like the author of this book meant for them to be from different ethnic backgrounds to depict that even though you may be from different places , you still have similarities. In this case, they both had to deal with their young daughters at 2:30 am crying over a stuffed bunny. I loved the author's style and tone because it made the book flow together fairly well. I also enjoyed looking at the Photoshop that the illustrator did because it just made the book even more show more interesting and hilarious. show less

As a long-time fan of Knuffle Bunny, I was thrilled to find there was a sequel! and another! In this episode Trixie - who is now in pre-k - is very excited to take her favorite stuffed animal to her class. However, she is horrified to learn that another child in the class ALSO has a Knuffle Bunny and chaos ensues.

I especially loved the very age-appropriate argument of how to pronounce "Knuffle" and the resignation of the parents as they help resolve the conflict later that night. Great follow-up.

I first read this book this year to my 3 year old students at work. My students absolutely love the Knuffle Bunny series. This specific book is my favorite one because It starts with Trixie finding out her Knuffle Bunny was NOT one of a kind but in the end realizes its okay and she found a new best friend.