Soon the visit ends, and Trixie is back on the plane where Knuffle Bunny is waiting in the seat pocket. Although the grown-ups encourage her to be brave because she's 'getting bigger,' Trixie remains in a funk until she dreams about her special toy and all the children he encounters on his travels. Trixie, excited and slightly sleepy, leaves her toy rabbit behind and doesn't miss him until the plane is on the way to China. PreS-K-Knuffle Bunny goes international when Trixie and her family fly to Holland to see Oma and Opa. (Oct.)Ĭopyright 2010 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission Willems's affectionate saga comes to a reassuring end, letting readers know they can release the treasured objects of childhood without losing their identities or their families' love. Here, a growing Trixie proves capable of letting go and, when the rabbit reappears, she chooses the terms of their good-bye. In the previous books, the prodigal Knuffle Bunny always returns, and Trixie always needs him. Even if she wished she wasn't.' Willems's color caricatures, superimposed on grayscale photos, track Trixie's shifting moods and resolve, and a gatefold pictures Trixie's cathartic dream of the rabbit meeting other children worldwide. Willems emphasizes the way Trixie handles the crisis with all the maturity she can muster: 'Trixie tried to enjoy going to the café and the swings in the playground,' but 'he missed her Knuffle Bunny.' Her knowing grandparents note 'how big she was getting. In this poignant vacation-themed conclusion to Willems's Knuffle Bunny series, Trixie accidentally forgets her beloved stuffed toy on an international flight, as she travels from Brooklyn to Holland with her parents to visit her Dutch grandparents.

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