The Rabbit Listened

A child builds an amazing structure out of blocks only to have it destroyed by a group of birds. Many different animals come to offer comfort and they all give suggestions as to how to fix things. But it is only the rabbit who provides true comfort by listening to the child's story and sitting quietly with the child as the child comes up with a solution.

An ideal story for counselors or teachers to share with students or for parents to read with their children at home.

The Rabbit Listened is a very sweet book about how sometimes you just need someone to sit with you in something, listen to you vent, and let you figure out how you feel and what to do about it.

The confusing part was that the chicken seems to offer that in the beginning, albeit in a more aggressive and less patient way. I understand the point of waiting until someone is ready to bring something up, I just think that could cause a little confusion. I also think that people process information differently. Sometimes people don't want someone sitting right next to them waiting for them to speak. They want space; to be left alone to parse things out solo.