Hopper: A Name for a Friend is based on a true story! When my younger son, Miles, was about five years old, his aunt presented him an Easter basket with a soft white floppy-eared bunny rabbit. Well, over the past twenty-one years, Hopper has gone on numerous vacations, to sleepaway camps, and has served as a constant companion to Miles. Even today, with his ears held on with large safety pins, Hopper still has a place in our home.