Then, students can think about their main character and how they can work with his/her mood to create reactions from other characters. Students can examine how Trixie’s mood impacts the other characters in the story. However, she is still affected by the loss of her Knuffle Bunny. A character’s mood impacts other characters: By the third book in the Knuffle Bunny series, Trixie has learned how to deal with frustration and setbacks.There are quite a few things we can teach students about the qualities of good writing from Knuffle Bunny Free. However, I won’t be the spoiler… you’ve got to read the book to learn more about their incredible reunion and what happens as a result. As with all of the Knuffle Bunny stories, Trixie does reunite with Knuffle Bunny. It’s a rough week for Trixie, but she does survive. The story shows Trixie trying to cope with the loss of Knuffle Bunny during her week away with her family in Holland. As with the other two Knuffle Bunny stories, Trixie loses Knuffle Bunny. In this story Trixie and her parents cross the Atlantic Ocean to visit her Oma and Opa in Holland. Yes, I CRIED! Not something one would expect to do after reading a Mo Willems book, but if you’ve grown attached to Trixie and her family by sharing these books with children, then you, too, will likely tear up when you read the ending of Knuffle Bunny Free. However, when I read the final few pages of Knuffle Bunny Free I cried. Initially I felt sad when I learned Knuffle Bunny Free would be the final installment of the “series.” After all, I had such joy reading aloud from the first two books with my fourth and fifth graders (we used those books to look at author’s craft). This book is the final part of the Knuffle Bunny Trilogy. Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion, by Mo Willems, was released last week.

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