I really wasn't sure what to make of this book or how to explain it to my son. I think he was feeling pretty ambivalent about it too. At some level it's sort of cute and so are the illustrations, but at the same time it's a sad story, even bordering on "disturbing".

I'm still looking to see whether on repeated readings it will win us over ... ( )

I did not really like First Tomato: Voyage to the Bunny Planet Book. I thought it would be hard for younger children to follow. I even had to read it twice to get the full meaning of the plot.

The First Tomato A Voyage To The Bunny Planet by Rosemary Wells is a fiction story. Its a story about a rabbit named Claire that tends to be having a bad day and nothing is going right. She decides to go to her dream world called Bunny Planet and get away from everything for a little while. She goes into the garden and picks a tomato out for her mother. She really wants the tomato for herself but she saves it for her mother. Its really big and ripe. Then, she finaly takes it to her mother and she fixes "First Tomato Soup" for Claire.

When Claire has a bad day in winter, she dreams of visiting the Bunny Planet and picking vegetables from the summer garden, including the first tomato. She exhibits self-control by not eating the tomato she so badly wants because her mother needs it to cook.

This is a great book for K-1 grade. It teaches about self-control and imagination. www.rosemarywells.com ( )

When Claire has a bad day in winter, she dreams of visiting the Bunny Planet and picking vegetables from the summer garden, including the first tomato. ( )