Draw Knuffle Bunny
From Kennedy Center: Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems · 2020
20 minPre-KK1st2ndReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Episode 12 draws Knuffle Bunny -- the floppy, beloved stuffed animal from Mo's Caldecott Honor picture book about Trixie, who loses her bunny at the laundromat. Mo draws the bunny from memory and talks about why a worn, imperfect stuffed animal can mean so much.
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Discussion
- Knuffle Bunny is worn and floppy -- he doesn't look new. Why can an old, worn object be MORE precious than a new one?
- Do you have a special object that matters a lot to you? Could you draw it so someone else could understand why it matters?
- Mo based Knuffle Bunny on a real experience with his daughter. How did drawing from real life change the book?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: Caldecott Medal, memoir, beloved, detail.
Try it: Draw your own special object -- something worn and important that belongs to you or your family. Write one sentence explaining why it matters.