Oops! Rabbit

Jo Ham's Rabbit #3

by Jo Ham

Rabbit on. Oops! Rabbit off . . . With some endearing misadventures, Jo Ham’s international sensation hops into the pages of a picture-book series.

Big waves and sandcastles, paint cans and tippy chairs—accidents happen! And with cheeky, curious, and sweet-toothed Rabbit, they’re almost inevitable. The creation of Jo Ham, whose art celebrates the magic of everyday life, Rabbit has been spotted everywhere from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and on mugs and nursery decorations in homes around the world. Now the iconic black-silhouetted bunny appears in a series of children’s books—fun, playful, and irreverent stories in striking and stylish packages that beg for a place on children’s bookshelves.

Genres: Picture Books, Rabbits, Animals, Childrens, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

Published March 5, 2024

About the author

Jo Ham is an award-winning British illustrator, artist and designer. She is also the founder of HAM and creator of Rabbit, whose joyful adventures have been spotted everywhere from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. HAM’s playful illustrations can be found on ceramics, prints and nursery decorations that are favourites in homes all around the world.

Jo's first picture books, Yippee! Rabbit and Uh-Oh! Rabbit, launched in September 2023 with the Walker Books Group. The next book in the series will be published in early 2024.

Find out more about Rabbit at hammade.com and follow Jo on instagram at @hamjoanna

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was weird and poorly executed

[Stacie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jo Ham’s Rabbit picture book series is an international sensation. This is the third in her Rabbit series of silly foibles with a rabbit. From a paint can with spills to a sand castle destroyed by a big wave to a tub overflowing with bubbles Rabbit makes a few mistakes and accidents are bound to happen.

With black silhouette drawings, spots of pink, and minimal words, young children will soon be able to read along including saying OOPS! Rabbit’s final scene has him trying to grab a cake on the counter. Oops! Don’t worry, it still got eaten!

This simple picture book is great for kids who are learning to sit for a picture book and one they will easily be able to read themselves once the few words are learned. This whole series of Rabbit books is quite popular in Paris and Ham’s Rabbit designs can be found on all kinds of items. The endpapers are all full of Rabbit doing all kinds of fun activities.

[Ms. Yingling · Rating 3 out of 5]

Copy provided by Young Adult Books Central

This very simple picture book is the third in a series, following Uh-Oh! Rabbit and Yippee! Rabbit. Using black silhouette images with pink highlights, Ham shows us a rabbit going about its day, getting into a variety of trouble involving the rabbit being ON different objects, and then falling OFF. Rabbit stands on a chair and draws pictures on the wall, builds a sandcastle only to have the tide wash it away, takes a bath with way too many bubbles, and manages to pull over a cake that is sitting on a table. This, however, ends fairly happily with the rabbit munching on a piece of cake with pink frosting.

With its high contrast style sensory images, this is a good choice for very young children. The vocabulary is very limited, with some pages just containing the word "Oops!". The end papers are especially charming, with vignettes from the book turned into a pattern, with pink images on a black background.

This seems like the type of picture book one might find in the gift shop of art or design museums, and will be perfect for parents who like the stylized aesthetic of Hokkanen's Kitty and Cat: Opposites Attract or Coat's Comparrotives.

[Eve Costarelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who cannot but love this adorable silhouette of a rabbit that just embodies life with all its ups and downs. This curious rabbit travels though life experiencing everything within its reach and yes sometimes accidents happen and sometimes accidents come with a delicious piece of cake at the end! My mom used to take us to the ice cream shop to have sundaes for dinner on the nights that life just got in the way for her and I feel a kinship with this rabbit. Rabbit offers lessons on life for all ages. Because accidents happen to all of us. We should try to find the beauty and acceptance in all of these accidents and then move on, continue to be curious, continue to explore and continue to reward yourself just because it will make you feel better. I love the bold black and pink coloring-the pink just poops off the pages and the simple silhouettes are easy to understand and do offer a good chance to chuckle, a lot!

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

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No, Rabbit!

Come along on the adventures of a mischievous rabbit. Shown in a variety of situations, he is either causing, or in, trouble. The author both wrote and illustrated the story.

The rabbit is shown doing some very bad things such as drawing on the walls, or knocking over a fancy cake on a stand, and then eating it. Hopefully, that will not influence little ones to do that, too. It never shows the rabbit being punished for anything.

This tale is often told with the changing of the art and the three colors: black, white, and pink. The volume itself is a cute, almost square, little hard-backed book.

This four-star picture book is geared toward babies and children to three-years-old.

Thank you, Candlewick Press, for providing Tickmenot with a book to review. Opinions are my own

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ham’s simple monochromatic rabbit is set off by flashes of neon pink in this little picture book. With only a few words – Rabbit on, Oops and Rabbit off Ham manages to create a charming collection of visual vignettes. Rabbit starts by coloring on walls in bright pink paint climbing onto and falling off of a chair. Next Rabbit is planting a bright pink flag on a sandcastle when Oops – the waves wash it away. Rabbit enjoys a bath with (oops) too many pink bubbles and finally Rabbit oops a cake off the table and into their mouth.

I think caregivers and toddlers will enjoy the silly situations and the striking graphics, my one complaint is that the picture book itself is 7x7” which is small for a library storytime read-a-loud, but will be great for a more intimate kid/caregiver lapsit.

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rabbit has a series of accidents.

The text of this picture book consists entirely of the repeated phrases "Rabbit on.", "Oops!", and "Rabbit off," which depict a rabbit having a series of accidents in addition to teaching the opposites on/off. The illustrations are tricolor -- black, white, and pink -- and silhouette.

Repeated phrases allow readers to anticipate what will happen next and participate in the story.

[Elaine Fultz, Teacher Librarian, MLS · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those picture books that must be test-driven by kids. After this first reading, I don't get it. On and off are not clearly presented. Rabbit on shows a rabbit building a sand castle in silhouette. The Oops is a wave. Rabbit off shows a similar silhouette except the castle's flag is dented and the rabbit is sitting ON the remains of the castle. This is the most clear and it's still a shrug.

[V · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Oops! Rabbit the mischievous rabbit reprises his role from Uh-Oh! Rabbit, start out turning things on or being on top of them, only to disastrously hilarious results. Stark black and white plus a dash of bright pink will grab little ones' attention and Rabbit's antics will make them laugh. A very cute follow-up to Uh-Oh! Rabbit!

[Meredith Kaupp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple black, white, and pink illustrations show the action in this nearly wordless picture book. Rabbit starts by climbing on a chair to draw on the walls, then, oops! rabbit falls off. It will be an engaging book for early readers who can memorize the repetitive words and then "read" to themselves over and over. It's very simple and very fun!

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars
I read a digital review courtesy of the publisher and edelweiss
A rascally rabbit seen only in shadow has a few oopsy adventures where he is on and off. The two color palette makes the mistakes seem like vibrant choices rather than something to feel sorrow about.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple and perfect for toddlers. This picture book uses black and white silhouette illustrations with contrasting splashes of neon pink color. Almost like a bunny-centric Harold and the Purple Crayon. This is a contrast and opposites book that celebrates making mistakes -- oops!

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jo Ham brings lots of laughs as she shares the mishaps of rabbit! "Oops!" It's one to "see" so you can predict, then see all those "Oops!" that happen. Brief text, funny pages, kids will love predicting!
Thanks to Candlewick Press for this copy!

[Roben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh those mischievous bunnies! Paint, sand, bubbles, and cake!
Toddlers will love following bunny's thought process. And seeing the trouble created.
I loved the pink and black palette, also. Just sweet, simple fun for toddlers.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rabbit is on then there is a mistake oops, and rabbit if off, fun silhouette illustrations capture the events.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book for the very young learning spatial relationships. I can imagine lots of laughter as you read this together.

[Alyssa Gudenburr · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it.

[delilah montemayor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a sweet and simple book about opposites. Rabbit is on and then oops! he's off. Recommended for ages 2-5 by the SEPA School Library Book Reviewers.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Most of Rabbit's "accidents" seem entirely preventable.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure I really understood this, but my 3 year old told me it was really silly.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My only comment is that this should have been a board book.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's amazing that a book with less than 50 words can have a plot twist, but here you go!

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I might have appreciated it more as a board book - it really is that simple. And my inner toddler did not come out to say that she liked it, sorry.

[Abbigail · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much to work with here; almost about opposites, almost funny.

[curiouskat_books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty basic but my kid enjoyed it.

[Hailey Vittrup · Rating 5 out of 5]

*I received this book as a DRC. This abstract shadow format "Rabbit" book is clever and simple word-wise, yet complex in its implication of storyline.

[Stacy Natal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite a wordless picture book, but a story mostly told with pictures. Would be a good one to teach the high frequency words off and on.