More About the Rabbit hOle

I mentioned in the last post that I feel like I missed a lot at the Rabbit hOle. Part of that was because my focus was on looking at and photographing the amazing book re-creations. I did see that there were books at each exhibit, but I missed that you could listen to some of the books being read aloud.

I also missed some things because they weren’t open on the day I was there, which was pretty disappointing. I was looking forward to having a Choco bar at Max’s Kansas City, the on-site restaurant. I was also disappointed that what is referred to as the either the Maker Space or the party and craft room on the website and the Tons of Fun Room on Instagram (I think these are all the same thing) was not open. It looks like maybe it is only open for specific activities on weekends, but I hadn’t realized that before we went. I did get to peek through the windows, though, and I  was impressed with how many well organized materials there appeared to be.

I also hadn’t realized until I was looking at the website recently that this room is George and Martha themed.

There is apparently also a print shop and story lab, but I have to admit I’m not even sure where that is. I think it is on the second floor but must not have been opened either when we were there.

There is an onsite bookstore which makes sense since the whole concept of the Rabbit hOle grew out of a bookstore. The Reading Reptile, which often featured literary installations, was owned by the actual founders of the Rabbit hOle Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid. The bookstore at the Rabbit hOle is named Lucky Rabbit Books and features weekly story hours, which I imagine take place in this space.

While the bookstore has an extensive collection of children’s books, I was surprised that there weren’t books about children’s books and children’s book authors and illustrators in the small adult book section. Since I wanted to purchase a birthday card, I was also disappointed that there weren’t cards with children’s book illustrations. It looked like maybe they will be selling their own line of cards produced in the print shop. I also kind of expected that there might be ornaments for my children’s book and movie characters Christmas tree, but there weren’t. Maybe they’ll have added those next time!