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Elmer’s Journey with Lisa Von Drasek

Fri 5/15, 5:30 - 7:30

A Special Evening for Educators and Children's Literature Enthusiasts

Ages 21+

drawing of boy on back of a yellow and blue striped dragon

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Wild Island Adventure

Sat 5/16, 11:00 - 2:00

Celebrate My Father's Dragon with a day of free activities from 11:00-2:00 p.m. with your museum admission.

Wild Island Adventure - drawing of boy and dragon dancing on a cloud

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21+ Night & Con-FAB

Fri 5/22, 5:00-7:30 PM

Don’t miss our special summer series Con-FAB: Conversations with Fabricators select Friday’s alongside our regularly programmed 21+ nights.

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Elmer’s Journey with Lisa Von Drasek

Fri 5/15, 5:30 - 7:30

A Special Evening for Educators and Children's Literature Enthusiasts

Ages 21+

Wild Island Adventure

Sat 5/16, 11:00 - 2:00

Celebrate My Father's Dragon with a day of free activities from 11:00-2:00 p.m. with your museum admission.

21+ Night & Con-FAB

Fri 5/22, 5:00-7:30 PM

Don’t miss our special summer series Con-FAB: Conversations with Fabricators select Friday’s alongside our regularly programmed 21+ nights.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Elmer’s Journey with Lisa Von Drasek

Fri 5/15, 5:30 - 7:30

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Wild Island Adventure

Sat 5/16, 11:00 - 2:00

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Fri 5/22, 5:00-7:30 PM

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"and a crack on the ceiling had the habit
of sometimes looking like a rabbit."

Ludwig Bemelmans, who was born April 27, 1898, found inspiration for his best-known picture book during an eventful trip to France in 1938.

Laying in his hospital bed after a cycling accident, he stared at a ceiling crack that he thought resembled a rabbit, and the girl in the next room was having her appendix out.

Madeline was published the following year. 💛

#OnThisDay

21+ Night is this Friday, April 24 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Explore the museum while sipping on a themed cocktail, mocktail, wine or beer during this adults-only timeslot!

Tickets at rabbitholekc.org/programs

Our artists and fabricators have been working away on a number of future programming areas on our second floor. Kelli is painting flora and fauna that surround a doorway in The Library. 📚

We are building a collection of books that will allow people to see entire bodies of work from the authors and illustrators featured in the museum and beyond! Although this will not be a circulating library where you can check out books, it will be a space where we can host with educators, researchers, and special events.

#WIP #WIPwednesday #NationalLibraryWeek

This summer join us for I Want My Hat Back Textile Collage workshop, inspired by Jon Klassen’s work. 👀

During this two-hour session participants ages 7-12 will explore collage using felt and learn design thinking with color and form. ✂️⚫️🔸

Explore all of the unique, hands-on, creative experiences for ages 7 to 16 that The Rabbit hOle will offer this summer including paper mache, letterpress posters, and more at rabbitholekc.org/workshops

Happy Volunteer Appreciation Day, second day of Volunteer Recognition Week, and National Volunteer Month to our outstanding Rabbit hOle volunteers! 🏆

As a nonprofit, we couldn't do all that we do without the dedication of our volunteers. In 2025 they served more than 11,000 hours as museum docents and as support for our programming, field trips and more!

If you're one of our volunteers, THANK YOU. 💖

If you're interested in learning more about volunteering at The Rabbit hOle, visit rabbitholekc.org/volunteer

Happy Caturday. 😸

A student came up with this phrase during a workshop in The Rabbit hOle's Print Shop!

As part of one of our field trips, middle and high school students visit our cover-to-cover experience for The Three Robbers and then learn about author/illustrator @tomiungerer's poster work. To create their own letterpress print, they complete the sentence, "Expect the..."

How would you finish the phrase?

Tulips open one by one;
Each is bring you
A cupful of spring.

On National Haiku Day please enjoy this seventeen syllable poem from Flower Moon Snow: A Book of Haiku written and illustrated by Kazue Mizumura, which is featured at The Rabbit hOle.

📙: Flower Moon Snow: A Book of Haiku written and illustrated by Kazue Mizumura (@harperkids )

#NationalHaikuDay

In honor of Garth Williams, who was born on April 16, 1912, we asked Lucky Rabbit and Rabbit hOle team members what kind of animal the Little Fur Family is. 🐻🐭🐶🐹

What do you think?

Delve into the world of zine-making and risograph printing this summer! 😎

In this two-day workshop on Tuesday, June 30th and Thursday July 2nd, students ages 13-16 will learn about the world of zine-making, from brainstorming compelling concepts to crafting eye-catching layouts and illustrations.

Together we will create a collaborative zine featuring work from all workshop participants.

Explore all of the unique, hands-on, creative experiences for ages 7 to 16 that The Rabbit hOle will offer this summer including textile collage, paper mache, letterpress posters, and more at rabbitholekc.org/workshops

"In my garden, there would be birds and butterflies by the hundreds, so that the air was humming with wings."

📗: My Garden written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes (@greenwillowbooks)

#NationalGardeningDay

Buongiorno from the @bolognachildrensbookfair! Today Rabbit hOle co-directors Deb Pettid and Pete Cowden spoke on a panel about our cover-to-cover experience of The Three Robbers written and illustrated by @tomiungerer.

Thank you to Tomi’s daughter, Aria, for organizing the panel and to our co-presenter Agatha from @lamaisondeshistoiresparis.

Join us Friday, May 15 for a very special evening with Lisa Von Drasek, Curator of University of Minnesota’s @thekerlanumn Collection of Children’s Literature.

She will discuss how the progressive education movement of the early 20th century impacted Ruth Stiles Gannett, author of the beloved classic, My Father’s Dragon.

Reprising a presentation she delivered in Japan on the anniversary of the book, Lisa will show how Elmer’s journey to save the dragon embodies a core philosophy that Ruth carried throughout her life: “learn by doing.”

Learn more about the event including special discounts and perks for teachers and librarians at rabbitholekc.org/programs

We’re feeling a lot of excitement for Raina Telgemeier’s visit tomorrow and Saturday! 😁

Our family event and workshop with Raina is sold out, but there are still a few tickets available for our adults 18+ event on Friday evening.

Don’t this unique opportunity to meet the New York Times best-selling graphic novelist, who was recently nominated for the “2025 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” by the National Cartoonists Society!

Tickets and more info: rabbitholekc.org/raina-telgemeier

In recent months, several poetrees have cropped up in the first floor of the museum.

Lift the receiver to hear Rabbit hOle staff and volunteers read a wide variety of short poems!

#NationalPoetryMonth

Please note: The Rabbit hOle and Lucky Rabbit Books will be closed this Sunday, April 5 for Easter!

📙: Open House for Butterflies by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (@harperkids)

Our adult event with Raina Telgemeier on Friday, April 10th is now open to adults 18+! 🙌

Don’t miss this special opportunity to see the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award–winning graphic novelist whose work has impacted a generation of young readers.

Tickets and more info: rabbitholekc.org/raina-telgemeier

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This poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein is a good reminder to keep your wits about you on April Fools' Day!

Join us for Fortunately Clay Play this summer in the Tons of Fun Room!

In this two-hour workshop for ages 7-12, we’ll make and share three clay recipes with simple ingredients that you can make again and again and again!

Don’t miss this and other unique, hands-on, creative experiences for ages 7 to 16, including textile collage, paper mache, Risograph zines, letterpress posters, and more.

Space is limited, learn more and register today at rabbitholekc.org/workshops

“If you are a dreamer, come in...” and join us for these events in April at The Rabbit hOle and Lucky Rabbit Books!

• Wed. April 1 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books

• Fri. April 3 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Meanwhile)

• Fri. April 10 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Where the Sidewalk Ends)

• Fri. April 10 at 6 PM - Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier. For ages 18+ only.

• Wed. April 15 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books

• Fri. April 17 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (The Zabajaba Jungle)

• Fri. April 24 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Tooth-Gnasher Superflash)

• Fri. April 24, 5:30-7:30 PM - 21+ Night

• Fri. April 24, 5:30-7:30 PM - Let’s Take a Dive: Comics and Funnies

Event tickets at rabbitholekc.org/programs

In honor of Byrd Baylor's birthday, today is the first annual Everybody Needs A Rock Day! 🪨 🎉

Pima County, Arizona where Baylor lived, made the proclamation announcing the holiday which celebrates nature, educators, mentors and the Caldecott Award-winning author.

Read the full proclamation via the link in bio and thanks to Skye Siegel for letting us know about it!

As part of his recent visit, @raulthethirdvamos collaborated with The Rabbit hOle to help launch our second annual limited edition print series featuring original illustrations from the museum’s visiting artists in 2026. This year’s series is built around the theme “Reading is Reinvention.”

In the spirit of a self-portrait by comic artist John Romita, Raúl drew himself surrounded by all of the characters he has created.

“In this print… I’m thinking about reading comic books as a kid and how that inspired me to want to draw,” Raúl said. “You never know how a book is going to impact you or a drawing is going to impact you. And I know for me, it allowed my imagination to just wander and it made me want to create books.”

The print is available for purchase at Lucky Rabbit Books and online at rabbitholekc.org/shop.

#ThrowbackThursday to last March when we began painting the enormous weapons for our immersive experience based on @tomiungerer's picture book classic, The Three Robbers!

Though the story begins with the notorious trio of highwaymen using a blunderbuss, pepper blower and axe to rob people of their treasure, they learn there’s more to life than thievery and hoarding wealth.

Our cover-to-cover experience of The Three Robbers runs through this summer!

Tickets and more info at ThreeRobbers.org

#TheThreeRobbers #TomiUngerer

“The cook, Mrs. Perkins, gave Imogene a doughnut, then decked her out with several more and sent her into the garden to feed the birds.”

Building exhibits at The Rabbit hOle almost always includes creating a scale model. 📐 Imogene’s Antlers may only span a few inches in this clay sculpture, but in the final exhibit they span around 10 feet!

📗: Imogene’s Antlers written and illustrated by David Small (@randomhousekids )

#WIP #WIPWednesday

During our two-day letterpress idea-generator book workshop, students will be introduced to the exciting world of letterpress printing! 🤯

Using antique wood type and cylinder presses, students will learn how to typeset and print in order to create a collaborative idea-generating book. They will each take home their handmade book full of endless combinations of characters to draw or write about.

This workshop for ages 10-12 will place Tuesday, June 16th and Thursday, June 18th.

More info about this and other Rabbit hOle Summer Workshops at rabbitholekc.org/workshops

Curious about 21+ Nights at The Rabbit hOle? 🧐 Join us for our monthly adults-only evenings when you can explore the museum while enjoying a cocktail, mocktail, beer, or a glass of wine!

UPCOMING 21+ NIGHTS
• Friday, March 27
• Friday, April 24

Tickets and more info at rabbitholekc.org/programs

To celebrate his latest book, Tough Times, The Rabbit hOle hosted three events with Raúl the Third including a field trip presentation; an adult program with fellow graphic novelist, Pedro Martín; and a family event with a letterpress luchador printmaking workshop. 🎉

Throughout all three events, which took place March 13 and 14, Raúl emphasized that when you're creating a story or drawing characters, one of the best places to begin is with yourself.

“The reason why I'm always telling students that they should look within themselves to create stories and characters is because I know that there are so many other American experiences that have not yet been represented in picture books or in books in general,” Raúl said.

Read our full recap and see Raúl's limited edition print for our new collaborative series at rabbitholekc.org/blog or via link in bio.

Let's Take a Dive is the perfect adult evening out!

✅ A curated tour of the museum focused on a few exhibits
✅ Themed cocktails/mocktails
✅ A fun craft inspired by the books, authors, & illustrators we learned about

Last month we explored fairy tale variations. Join us Friday, March 27 to dive into the lives of the creators of Curious George, Tawny Scrawny Lion, Fortunately, and Niño Wrestles the World!

Tickets and more info via link in bio!

If you spot a leprechaun at The Rabbit hOle today please alert one of our wonderful volunteers in a blue apron. Leprechauns (and all fairy types) are of course welcome at the museum, it’s just that we’re hoping to locate some pots of gold to support upcoming projects. 🤞🏽

#stpatricksday☘️

We’re rooting for both Nathan and Susan to win America’s Next Top Fabricators.

For the past several weeks they have been working diligently on the giant Stillwater for our Zen Shorts exhibit. For this 16 foot long panda there’s 40 yards of black faux fur and 20 yards of white faux fur!

#TyraBanks #NationalPandaDay

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