{"id":932,"date":"2012-03-26T18:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T22:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=932"},"modified":"2021-08-14T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:59:55","slug":"rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbit books and rabbit resources seem to proliferate like\u2026well, rabbits. Famous rabbits include the fussy and opinionated Rabbit of A.A. Milne\u2019s <em>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/em>, the pocket-watch-toting White Rabbit of Lewis Carroll\u2019s <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em>, Bambi\u2019s friend Thumper, and Harvey, the giant invisible pooka rabbit in the 1950 James Stewart movie of the same name. And there are many many more.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Chinese legend, there&#8217;s even a rabbit in the Moon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc42e342\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9bbc42e342\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/#Imaginary_Rabbits\" >Imaginary Rabbits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/2\/#Peter_Rabbit_and_Company\" >Peter Rabbit and Company<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/2\/#Tricky_Rabbits\" >Tricky Rabbits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/3\/#Racing_Rabbits\" >Racing Rabbits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/3\/#Real_Rabbits\" >Real Rabbits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/3\/#Strange_Rabbits\" >Strange Rabbits?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/3\/#Mathematical_Rabbits\" >Mathematical Rabbits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/rabbits\/3\/#Rabbits_and_Art\" >Rabbits and Art<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Imaginary_Rabbits\"><\/span><strong>Imaginary Rabbits<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pat-the-bunny-paperback_1_fullsize-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pat-the-bunny-paperback_1_fullsize-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pat-the-bunny-paperback_1_fullsize-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pat-the-bunny-paperback_1_fullsize-768x858.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pat-the-bunny-paperback_1_fullsize.jpg 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>First book for a lot of babies is a bunny book. Dorothy Kunhardt\u2019s furry and pattable <em>Pat the Bunny<\/em> (Golden Books, 2001), originally published in 1940, is now the best-selling interactive book of all time. (\u201cJudy can pat the bunny. Can YOU pat the bunny?\u201d) It makes for a great baby present, featuring six other appealing activities along with bunny-patting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goodnight-moon-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goodnight-moon-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goodnight-moon-1024x888.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goodnight-moon-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/goodnight-moon.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Margaret Wise Brown\u2019s <em>Goodnight Moon<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2005), first published in 1947, is the enchanting now-classic bedtime story of the sleepy little bunny in the great green room (with a telephone, a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon). For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/runaway-bunny-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/runaway-bunny-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/runaway-bunny-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/runaway-bunny-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/runaway-bunny.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Also by Brown, see <em>The Runaway Bunny<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2005), an imaginative tale of running away, with a comforting background of maternal reassurance. The little bunny comes up with any number of run-away scenarios \u2013 he\u2019ll become a fish, a rock on a mountain, a flower, a bird. His mother counters that she will always come and find him: she\u2019ll be a fisherman, a mountain climber, a gardener, or the sheltering tree that he flies home to. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-white-rabbit.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The protagonist of Kevin Henkes\u2019s <em>Little White Rabbit<\/em> (Greenwillow, 2011) bounds off on a bright spring day, adventurously imagining himself green as the grass, tall as a tree, or flying with the butterflies. Then he encounters a cat \u2013 and is happy to scamper home to his mother. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/when-we-were-very-young.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>A.A. Milne\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/market-square\/\">\u201cMarket Square\u201d<\/a> is a wonderful poem about rabbits: \u201c\u2026I wanted a rabbit\/A little brown rabbit\/And I looked for a rabbit\/\u2019Most everywhere.\u201d The poem originally appeared in Milne\u2019s <em>When We Were Very Young<\/em> (Puffin, 1992).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-1024x1013.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you-1536x1519.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/guess-how-much-i-love-you.png 1854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Sam McBratney\u2019s <em>Guess How Much I Love You?<\/em> (Candlewick, 2008), Little Nutbrown Hare and his much larger parent vie to see who loves the other best.\u00a0 (\u201cI love you as high as I can hop.\u201d \u201cI love you right up to the moon.\u201d) A charmer for ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-bunny-on-move-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-bunny-on-move-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-bunny-on-move.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Peter McCarty\u2019s <em>Little Bunny on the Move<\/em> (Owlet Paperbacks, 2003), illustrated with luminous pencil-and-watercolor drawings, is the story of a long journey home for ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/white-rabbits-color-bk-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/white-rabbits-color-bk-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/white-rabbits-color-bk.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>White Rabbit\u2019s Color Book<\/em> by Alan Baker (Kingfisher, 1999) won\u2019t tell you much about rabbits, but it\u2019s a charmingly illustrated picture-book account of colors and color mixing for ages 2-5. Similar in concept is Ellen Stoll Walsh\u2019s <em>Mouse Paint<\/em> (Sandpiper, 1995).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-black-rabbit-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-black-rabbit-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-black-rabbit.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Philippa Leathers&#8217;s <em>The Black Rabbit<\/em> (Candlewick, 2013), a little white rabbit is pursued wherever he goes by a looming black rabbit. (Readers can see that it&#8217;s his shadow.) He does everything he can think of to get rid of it, but nothing works &#8211; until finally he plunges into a shady forest. Where he runs into a wolf. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-rabbit-and-lovely-present-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-rabbit-and-lovely-present-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-rabbit-and-lovely-present.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Charlotte Zolotow\u2019s <em>Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1977), illustrated by the incomparable Maurice Sendak, a little girl enlists Mr. Rabbit\u2019s help to find the perfect birthday gift for her mother, who loves colors. Red underwear, yellow taxicabs, green caterpillars, and blue lakes all seem like bad ideas \u2013 but Mr. Rabbit manages to find a perfect solution. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/snow-rabbit-spring-rabbit-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/snow-rabbit-spring-rabbit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/snow-rabbit-spring-rabbit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/snow-rabbit-spring-rabbit.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Rabbits turn white in winter \u2013 but what do other animals do? Il Sung Na\u2019s charmingly illustrated <em>Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit<\/em> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011) describes animal adaptions to the changing seasons for ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunny-cakes-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunny-cakes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunny-cakes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunny-cakes.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Rosemary Wells\u2019s endearing Max and Ruby characters \u2013 featured in many books \u2013 are bunnies. In <em>Bunny Cakes<\/em> (Puffin, 2000) \u2013 one of my favorites \u2013 it\u2019s time to bake a cake for Grandma\u2019s birthday. Max is making an earthworm cake; big sister Ruby (\u201cDon\u2019t touch anything, Max\u201d) is making an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing. Funny and priceless. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Knuffle-Bunny-1024x745-1-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Knuffle-Bunny-1024x745-1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Knuffle-Bunny-1024x745-1-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Knuffle-Bunny-1024x745-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Mo Willem\u2019s <em>Knuffle Bunny<\/em> (Hyperion, 2004), Trixie \u2013 a toddler who is too young to talk \u2013 goes to the Laundromat with her father, taking along her stuffed bunny. The bunny is left behind, and Trixie, unable to explain what has happened, struggles, fusses, and finally melts down into an over-the-top tantrum. Her mother realizes what\u2019s wrong and back to the Laundromat they go to retrieve the lost toy, upon which Trixie says her very first words: \u201cKnuffle Bunny!\u201d Illustrated in a mix of black-and-white photographs and bright cartoon drawings. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-gift-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-gift-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-gift.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>Rabbit\u2019s Gift<\/em> by George Shannon (Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2007) is a lovely adaptation of a Chinese folktale. It\u2019s cold and snowy, but Rabbit manages to find two turnips. Since one is plenty for him, he leaves the second for his friend Donkey. Donkey has found a potato, so he passes the turnip on to Goat \u2013 who has a cabbage, so he gives the turnip to Deer. On it goes until the turnip finally returns to Rabbit, who shares with all. The illustrations are great, including wonderful borders of stylized purple turnips. Included are Chinese ideograms for animal names. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/its-not-easy-being-bunny-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/its-not-easy-being-bunny-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/its-not-easy-being-bunny.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Marilyn Sadler\u2019s <em>It\u2019s Not Easy Being A Bunny<\/em> (Random House Books for Young Readers, 1983), P.J. \u2013 unhappy with his large family, oversized ears, and diet of carrots \u2013 decides to be something else. Perhaps a bear \u2013 but hibernation is no fun. After many disappointing experiments, P.J. decides that bunnyhood is the best for him after all. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/creepy-carrots-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/creepy-carrots-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/creepy-carrots-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/creepy-carrots-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/creepy-carrots.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Aaron Reynolds&#8217;s <em>Creepy Carrots<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012), Jasper Rabbit is mad for carrots &#8211; especially the scrumptious carrots of Crackenhopper Field. Then greedy Jasper discovers that the carrots are following him. (Behind him: &#8220;the soft&#8230;sinister&#8230;tunktunktunk of carrots creeping.&#8221;) A hilarious just-creepy-enough horror story for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-wedding-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-wedding-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-wedding.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>The Rabbits\u2019 Wedding<\/em> by Garth Williams (HarperCollins, 1958) \u2013 best-known for his illustrations of the Little House books \u2013 is a gentle story of a black rabbit and a white rabbit who want to be together \u201cforever and ever.\u201d Illustrations are almost entirely black and white, except for some glorious bright-yellow wedding dandelions. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/magicrabbit-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/magicrabbit-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/magicrabbit.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Annette Cate\u2019s <em>The Magic Rabbit<\/em> (Candlewick, 2007) is the tale of a street magician and his beloved rabbit assistant who suddenly find themselves separated after a performance disaster. All looks bleak until a passion for popcorn (and a magical trail of gold stars) bring the two together again. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/my-friend-rabbit-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/my-friend-rabbit-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/my-friend-rabbit.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Eric Rohmann\u2019s <em>My Friend Rabbit<\/em> (Roaring Brook Press, 2011), Rabbit \u2013 as described by his friend Mouse \u2013 \u201cmeans well. But whatever he does, wherever he goes, trouble follows.\u201d Rabbit has pitched Mouse\u2019s airplane into a tree, but \u2013 never at a loss (\u201cNot to worry, Mouse. I\u2019ve got an idea.\u201d) \u2013 he organizes a pyramid of animals to reach the stuck plane. Just as all topple furiously to the ground, the plane is freed, and Mouse and Rabbit soar off, disturbingly off-course. To which Rabbit announces buoyantly: \u201cNot to worry, Mouse. I\u2019ve got an idea.\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/whos-in-rabbits-house-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/whos-in-rabbits-house-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/whos-in-rabbits-house-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/whos-in-rabbits-house.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Verna Aardema\u2019s <em>Who\u2019s in Rabbit\u2019s House?<\/em> (Puffin, 1992) is set in an African village where performers are donning fantastic animal masks in preparation for a play based on the folktale \u201cWho\u2019s in Rabbit\u2019s House?\u201d The story is told through the performance.\u00a0 Rabbit cannot get into her house because a horrible monster is inside, bellowing \u201cI am the Long One. I eat trees and trample on elephants. Go away! Or I will trample on you!\u201d The problem is finally solved by Frog, and the monster turns out to be a tiny caterpillar. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Susan Seale\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/makememusical.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/whos-in-rabbits-house-part-4-african.html\">Make Me Musical!<\/a> blog has a wonderful account of a children\u2019s performance of \u201cWho\u2019s in Rabbit\u2019s House?\u201d with pictures of homemade animal masks. (Make some and try a performance of your own.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother-1227x1536.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/little-rabbit-and-meanest-mother.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Sarah Klise\u2019s <em>Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth<\/em> (Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2010), Little Rabbit\u2019s mother has told him that he can go to the circus \u2013 but only after he\u2019s cleaned up his truly disastrous playroom. Instead, Little Rabbit sneaks off to the circus and offers the ringmaster a \u201cMysterious Marvel of Maternal Monstrosity\u201d \u2013 the Meanest Mother on Earth, who has two heads, green teeth, and enjoys punishing the small and innocent. His mother turns the tables by showing the crowd the playroom (an \u201cEmporium of Odiferous Oddities\u201d). For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-1102x1536.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-1470x2048.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly.jpg 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The collected stories in Robert Garis\u2019s <em>Uncle Wiggily\u2019s Story Book<\/em> (Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 1987) were first published in 1921. All feature the kindly bunny gentleman, Uncle Wiggily Longears, who wears a top hat, carries a striped cane, and devotes himself to solving children\u2019s problems. Problems, circa 1921, were things like toothaches and freckles. For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-board-game-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-board-game-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-board-game-1024x914.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-board-game-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-wiggly-board-game.jpg 1337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Winning-Moves-Games-1134-Wiggly\/dp\/B003WM0MGU\/\">Uncle Wiggily Game<\/a>, players race their rabbits along a winding path from Uncle Wiggily\u2019s Hollow Stump Bungalow to Dr. Possum\u2019s office. For 2-4 players, ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wolves-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wolves-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wolves.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>What eats rabbits? In Emily Gravett\u2019s <em>Wolves<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2006), Rabbit has borrowed a book on wolves from the library and is so absorbed in it that he fails to notice the real-live wolf following him home. Readers learn about wolves along with the reading Rabbit, but they also \u2013 unlike the oblivious Rabbit \u2013 can see the stalking wolf. The final pages show a tattered book and no rabbit, but the author neatly provides reassurance. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/VelveteenRabbit-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/VelveteenRabbit-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/VelveteenRabbit.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Margery Williams\u2019s <em>The Velveteen Rabbit<\/em>, first published in 1922, is now available in many editions, though my favorite remains the original with illustrations by William Nicholson (Doubleday, 1958). This is a lovely short chapter book about how beloved toys become real. It begins when the Boy gets the Rabbit as a Christmas gift \u2013 \u201cfat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen.\u201d For all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.upenn.edu\/women\/williams\/rabbit\/rabbit.html\">The Velveteen Rabbit<\/a> online with the original text and illustrations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbitears.com\/categories\/4071-our-storiesf5ad.html?viewall=true\">Rabbit Ears Library<\/a> audio version of <em>The Velveteen Rabbit is<\/em> beautifully narrated by Meryl Streep. Other rabbit tales from Rabbit Ears include <em>Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby<\/em> and <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/velveteen-rabbit-movie-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/velveteen-rabbit-movie-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/velveteen-rabbit-movie.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>A 2009 movie version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0974662\/\"><em>The Velveteen Rabbit<\/em><\/a>, directed by Michael Landon, combines live-action and cartoon animation in a story that has at best a vague connection to the book. (First hint is the summary which reads \u201cA lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday.\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-hill-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-hill-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-hill.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert Lawson\u2019s Newbery-winning <em>Rabbit Hill<\/em> (Puffin, 2007), originally published in 1944, is the story of what happens when new people move into the long-empty Big House and how they react with the animal residents (many of them rabbits) of Rabbit Hill. A gentle 128-page classic for ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lessonplanet.com\/teachers\/rabbit-hill-garden\">Design a Rabbit Hill Garden<\/a> has instructions and a lesson plan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/gardening\/\">Gardening.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/harriets-hare-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/harriets-hare-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/harriets-hare-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/harriets-hare-768x1142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/harriets-hare.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In a wheat field on her father\u2019s farm, lonely eight-year-old Harriet of Dick King-Smith\u2019s <em>Harriet\u2019s Hare<\/em> (Yearling, 1997) meets Wiz \u2013 a talking hare who is actually a shape-shifting alien from the planet Pars. Unfortunately her new friend has to return home when the full moon rises. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-tulane-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-tulane-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-tulane-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-tulane-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edward-tulane.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The hero of Kate DiCamillo\u2019s <em>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane<\/em> (Candlewick, 2009) is a self-satisfied china rabbit, possessor of a huge wardrobe of silk suits, owned and adored by a little girl named Abilene. Then Abilene and her parents embark on a sea voyage and disaster strikes: Edward is hurled overboard. So begins his journey. He is dredged up from the ocean and brought home by a fisherman, and then passes on to a succession of caretakers, who \u2013 collectively \u2013 help him come to understand love, loss, and hope. For ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Put on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dramaticpublishing.com\/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane\">play<\/a> based on the book!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-and-mrs-bunny-detectives-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-and-mrs-bunny-detectives-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-and-mrs-bunny-detectives.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Polly Horvath\u2019s hilarious <em>Mr. and Mrs. Bunny \u2013 Detectives Extraordinaire<\/em> (Yearling, 2014), Madeline\u2019s parents \u2013 who play the marimba and make jewelry out of sand dollars, have been kidnapped by foxes. Madeline sets out to find them \u2013 and ends up hiring Mr. and Mrs. Bunny. A fun read for ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>Also see the sequel: <em>Lord and Lady Bunny \u2013 Almost Royalty<\/em> (2016).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/because_of_the_rabbit-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/because_of_the_rabbit-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/because_of_the_rabbit.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Cynthia Lord\u2019s <em>Because of the Rabbit<\/em> (Scholastic, 2019), homeschooled Emma is starting school for the first time; there she and an unpopular boy named Jack forge a bond over a rescue rabbit. It\u2019s a lovely story of friendship, honesty, and accepting differences. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fables-by-thurber-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fables-by-thurber-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fables-by-thurber.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>James Thurber\u2019s <em>Fables for Our Time<\/em> (HarperPerennial, 1983) includes the story of \u201cThe Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble,\u201d a sobering (though darkly funny) fable, the moral of which is \u201cRun, don\u2019t walk, to the nearest desert island.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-book-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-book-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-book.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Richard Adams\u2019s rabbit world of <em>Watership Down<\/em> (Scribner, 2005) is now a staple of high-school reading lists \u2013 and deservedly. The plot centers around a small band of rabbits \u2013 Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, Bluebell, and Dandelion \u2013 who leave their home warren after a warning from the clairvoyant Fiver that destruction (land developers) is imminent, looking for a new and safer home. Adams creates a complex and believable culture of rabbits, with social structure, language, customs, and religion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-movie-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-movie-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-movie.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>An excellent animated version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078480\/\"><em>Watership Down<\/em><\/a> was released in 1978. Despite the cartoon format, it is not recommended for young children \u2013 this is a serious drama and there are some frightening and bloody scenes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/watership-down-tv.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>A TV mini-series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5670764\/\">Watership Down<\/a> (2018) is rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Peter Rabbit and Company<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As classic rabbit tales go, the best-known of all is surely Beatrix Potter\u2019s <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/em>, which first appeared in 1902, and since has sold over 150 million copies in 35 different languages. If you have not yet acquired one of these, my only advice is that when you do, get an edition with the original Potter illustrations. For reasons that pass understanding, a scattering of publishers have produced <em>Peters<\/em> illustrated by other people. Don\u2019t fall for it.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit-53-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit-53-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-tale-of-peter-rabbit-53.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/14838\/14838-h\/14838-h.htm\">The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/a> has the original text and illustrations online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterrabbit.com\/\">Peter Rabbit website<\/a> has a photo-illustrated biography of Beatrix Potter, information on the book characters, games and animations for kids, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From First School, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.first-school.ws\/activities\/onlinestory\/animals\/peterrabbit.htm\">The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/a> has activities for preschoolers to accompany a reading of Potter\u2019s <em>Peter Rabbit<\/em>. Included are printable paper crafts and an \u201cR is for Rabbit\u201d project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-mcgregors-garden-activ-bk-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-mcgregors-garden-activ-bk-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mr-mcgregors-garden-activ-bk.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Mr. McGregor\u2019s Garden Sticker Activity Book (Dover Publications) comes equipped with many vegetables and rabbits. Also from Dover is <em>The Tale of Peter Rabbit Coloring Book<\/em>, with black-line illustrations and text from the book.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dear-peter-rabbit-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dear-peter-rabbit-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/dear-peter-rabbit.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Alma Flor Ada\u2019s picture book <em>Dear Peter Rabbit<\/em> (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997) is a series of letters among favorite picture-book characters, among them Peter Rabbit, the Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and Baby Bear, and Red Riding Hood.\u00a0 For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/true-story-of-peter-rabbit-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/true-story-of-peter-rabbit-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/true-story-of-peter-rabbit.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jane Johnson\u2019s <em>The True Story of Peter Rabbit: How a Letter Became a Beloved Children\u2019s Classic<\/em> (Puffin, 2006) is a picture-book account of how Potter\u2019s clever illustrated letter to a young friend grew into the first of 23 wonderful children\u2019s books \u2013 which, incidentally, include several others featuring rabbits, among them <em>The Tale of Benjamin Bunny<\/em>, <em>The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies<\/em>, and <em>The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit<\/em>. Infuriatingly, it is out of print, but used copies are cheap and available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/miss-potter.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0482546\/\"><em>Miss Potter<\/em><\/a> is a 2006 movie about Beatrix Potter\u2019s life and work, with Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter and Ewan McGregor as Norman Warne, her publisher, with whom she fell in love. It\u2019s rated PG for \u201cmild language.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/beatrix-potter-life-in-nature.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Linda Lear\u2019s <em>Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature<\/em> (St. Martin\u2019s Griffin, 2008) is a comprehensive biography for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Burgess-peter-cottontail.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Beatrix Potter\u2019s Peter Rabbit isn\u2019t the only one. Author\/naturalist Thornton Burgess wrote over 150 animal books for children, starring such characters as Peter Rabbit, Reddy Fox, Little Joe Otter, Jimmy Skunk, and Johnny Chuck. Intended for ages 5-10, these short chapter books combine story and personality \u2013 the animals talk \u2013 with realistic depictions of animal behaviors and habitats. See the complete list of Burgess titles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.librarything.com\/series\/Chronological+list+of+Thornton+W.+Burgess%E2%80%99s+Works\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>Tricky Rabbits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zomo-mcdermott-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zomo-mcdermott-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zomo-mcdermott.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Zomo, the too-clever-for-his-own-good black rabbit in Gerald McDermott\u2019s <em>Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa<\/em> (Sandpiper, 1996), has asked the Sky God for wisdom, in exchange for which he must deliver the scales of the Big Fish of the sea, the milk of the Wild Cow, and the tooth of the Leopard. He manages, through outrageous trickery, to obtain all three \u2013 and then learns that wisdom sometimes consists of knowing when to run away fast. A brilliantly illustrated picture book for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/uncle-remus-scaled.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Joel Chandler Harris\u2019s Uncle Remus stories are collections of African-American folktales \u2013 starring the tricky and irrepressible Brer Rabbit \u2013 first published in book form in 1881. They can be heavy going, since Chandler\u2019s books are written in a form of Deep-South dialect. (\u201c\u2019Mawnin\u2019!\u2019 sez Brer Rabbit, sezee \u2013 \u2018nice wedder dis mawnin\u2019, sezee.\u201d) Check out Chandler\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/2306\"><em>Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings<\/em><\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p><em>Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales<\/em>, adapted by Julius Lester (Dial, 1999) is a modernized version of the stories \u2013 there\u2019s an occasional jarring reference to shopping malls and jogging suits \u2013 but by and large it keeps the flavor of the originals, while making them more accessible to children. The short stories \u2013 of which there are many in this book; it\u2019s nearly 700 pages long &#8211; are appropriate for ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-1198x1536.jpg 1198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends-1598x2048.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/brer-rabbit-and-friends.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends<\/em>, adapted by Karima Amin (Dorling Kindersley, 1999) is a 64-page collection of ten popular Harris tales, along with background information on the African storytelling tradition and a wonderful picture map of \u201cBrer Rabbit\u2019s World.\u201d For ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nr\/travel\/atlanta\/har.htm\">The Wren\u2019s Nest<\/a>, Joel Chandler Harris\u2019s home in Atlanta, Georgia, is now a museum.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Racing Rabbits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hare-and-tortoise-Wildsmith-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hare-and-tortoise-Wildsmith-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/hare-and-tortoise-Wildsmith.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Brian Wildsmith\u2019s <em>The Hare and the Tortoise<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 1966) is a great retelling of the story of the famous race, with wonderful crayon-bright illustrations. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-and-turtle-carle-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-and-turtle-carle-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-and-turtle-carle-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-and-turtle-carle-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbit-and-turtle-carle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Eric Carle\u2019s <em>The Rabbit and the Turtle<\/em> (Orchard Books, 2008) is a collection of eleven of Aesop\u2019s fables, among them the title tale, all illustrated with Carle\u2019s signature paper collages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/~dash\/type0275.html\"><em>The Tortoise and the Hare<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has several versions of the story, along with many multicultural stories about races between unequal contestants (frog and snail, hare and hedgehog, frog and antelope, mole and hawk). (It\u2019s an easy jump from here to inventing race stories of your own.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-teach.com\/fables\/index.htm\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables<\/a> has illustrated versions of several of Aesop\u2019s fables with accompanying coloring pages, puzzles, and craft projects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shodor.org\/interactivate\/activities\/Tortoise\/\">Interactivate<\/a>\u00a0has an interactive mathematical race between tortoise and hare, printable worksheets, and helpful information on Zeno\u2019s paradox.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tortoise-and-hare-app-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tortoise-and-hare-app-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tortoise-and-hare-app-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tortoise-and-hare-app-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tortoise-and-hare-app.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Join the race with <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/tortoise-the-hare\/id537280719?mt=8\">The Tortoise and the Hare interactive storybook app<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>How to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventure-in-a-box.com\/aesops-fables-shadow-puppets-hare-tortoise-fox-crow-fox-crane\/\">Aesop&#8217;s Fable shadow puppets<\/a>, among them the Tortoise and the Hare.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>Real Rabbits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-how-they-grow-bunny-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-how-they-grow-bunny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-how-they-grow-bunny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/see-how-they-grow-bunny.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>Bunny<\/em> in the \u201cSee How They Grow\u201d series from DK Publishing (2007) follows the life of a bunny from birth to adulthood. The simple text is paired with great color photographs. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-little-rabbit-Dunn-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-little-rabbit-Dunn-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-little-rabbit-Dunn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-little-rabbit-Dunn-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-little-rabbit-Dunn.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The star of Judy Dunn\u2019s <em>The Little Rabbit<\/em> (Random House Books for Young Readers, 1980) is a real rabbit, found by Sarah in her Easter basket and named Buttercup. The book, illustrated with color photographs, is an introduction to the habits and behaviors of rabbits. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-more-rabbits-Gibbons-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-more-rabbits-Gibbons-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-more-rabbits-Gibbons.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Gail Gibbons\u2019s <em>Rabbits, Rabbits, &amp; More Rabbits<\/em> (Holiday House, 2000) is a non-fiction introduction to rabbits for ages 4-8. As with all Gibbons\u2019s books, the illustrations are bright and appealing, and the text is informative, but dry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mel Boring\u2019s <em>Rabbits, Squirrels, and Chipmunks<\/em> (NorthWord Books, 1996) is a beginner\u2019s field guide in the \u201cTake Along Guide\u201d series, nicely designed, with reader-friendly information (\u201cWhat It Looks Like,\u201d \u201cWhat It Eats,\u201d \u201cWhere to Find It\u201d) and a scattering of projects. For example, kids make a rabbit refuge, a squirrel nut-ball, and a chipmunk tightrope (hung with peanuts). For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stories-rabbits-tell-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stories-rabbits-tell-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stories-rabbits-tell.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>By Susan E. Davis and Margo DeMello, <em>Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature <\/em>(Lantern Books, 2003) covers the mythology, symbology, and biology of rabbits.\u00a0 A wealth of information for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-1073x1536.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-1431x2048.jpg 1431w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/your-rabbit-storey-scaled.jpg 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>Your Rabbit<\/em> by Nancy Searle (Storey Publishing, 1992) is a helpful guide to the practical aspects of rabbit owning for ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enchantedlearning.com\/subjects\/mammals\/lagomorphs\/\">Enchanted Learning<\/a>\u00a0has labeled print-outs of lagomorphs (including rabbits and hares) and a rabbit quiz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rabbit? Or hare? The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.differencebetween.net\/science\/nature\/difference-between-rabbit-and-hare\/\">Difference Between<\/a> website explains which is which.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbit.org\/\">House Rabbit Society<\/a> has detailed information about rabbit care and behavior, rabbit booklists, and a selection of free rabbit e-postcards.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/science\/articles\/2011\/04\/04\/supersized-superbunny\">Supersized Superbunny<\/a> is an account of the giant fossil rabbit recently discovered on the Mediterranean island of Minorca.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The oldest ancestor of modern rabbits may have been a hamster-sized bunny who lived 53 million years ago in India. Read about it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/2381-fossil-oldest-rabbit-relative.html\">Live Science<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>Strange Rabbits?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bunnicula-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Deborah and James Howe\u2019s <em>Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery<\/em> (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006), the Monroe family goes to the movies to see <em>Dracula<\/em> and brings home a suspiciously vampiric baby rabbit, duly named Bunnicula. The story is told from the point of view of the patient family dog, Harold, who has to deal not only with Bunnicula and a lot of drained white vegetables, but with Chester, the overwrought family cat. An hilarious short chapter book for ages 8-12. Luckily there are several sequels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/killer-bunnies-game-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/killer-bunnies-game-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/killer-bunnies-game-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/killer-bunnies-game.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Killer-Bunnies-Quest-Carrot-Starter\/dp\/B0002V82O8\/\"><em>Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot<\/em><\/a> is the first of many evilly hilarious card games in which players compete to keep their own bunnies alive, while eliminating their opponents\u2019 bunnies. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/curse-of-were-rabbit-scaled.jpg 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0312004\/\"><em>Wallace &amp; Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit<\/em><\/a>, the riotous 2005 film by Claymation wizards Steve Box and Nick Park, Wallace and his trusty dog, Gromit \u2013 now operating a humane pest-control business called Anti-Pesto \u2013 are attempting to nab the huge night-prowling saboteur who is threatening the village Giant Vegetable Competition. It\u2019s 85 minutes long and rated G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Mathematical Rabbits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gray-rabbit-odd-one-out-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gray-rabbit-odd-one-out-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gray-rabbit-odd-one-out.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Alan Baker\u2019s <em>Gray Rabbit\u2019s Odd One Out<\/em> (Kingfisher, 1999) is a sorting book. Gray Rabbit, looking for a book, is trying to organize his belongings. Things fall in place, two by two \u2013 except that there\u2019s always one odd thing out. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-1296x1536.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/10-Hungry-rabbits-Lobel-1728x2048.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Anita Lobel\u2019s gorgeously illustrated <em>10 Hungry Rabbits<\/em> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012), ten hungry bunnies find colorful vegetables for the family soup pot, starting with one purple cabbage, two white onions, and three yellow peppers. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ten-little-rabbits--300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ten-little-rabbits--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ten-little-rabbits--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ten-little-rabbits-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Virginia Grossman\u2019s <em>Ten Little Rabbits<\/em> (Chronicle Books, 1995) is a rhyming counting book with a native American theme. The rabbits, from one to ten, wear gorgeously patterned blankets, and are shown performing a rain dance, sending smoke signals, tracking a bear with bows and arrows. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-768x858.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-1375x1536.jpg 1375w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere-1833x2048.jpg 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ann McCallum\u2019s <em>Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere<\/em> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2007) is a picture-book fable set in the little town of Chee, famous for its gardens, its Pied Piper, and its ravenous and rapidly multiplying rabbits. It\u2019s a Fibonacci problem. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For related lesson plans and activities, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/annmccallumbooks.com\/books\/rabbits-rabbits-everywhere\/\">Ann McCallum author website<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem-1238x1536.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/the-rabbit-problem.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Emily Gravett\u2019s <em>The Rabbit Problem<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2010) is a delightful month-by-month take on the Fibonacci series \u2013 which is named for the mathematician who first described it in the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century, while solving a problem about multiplying rabbits. First there\u2019s one lonely rabbit (an invitation stuck to the page reads \u201cJoin me\u201d); subsequent months feature baby rabbit record books, rabbit newspapers, carrot recipes, and \u2013 by November \u2013 wildly overcrowded rabbits. For ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wild-fibonacci-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wild-fibonacci-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wild-fibonacci-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wild-fibonacci-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wild-fibonacci.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Joy N. Hulme\u2019s <em>Wild Fibonacci<\/em> (Tricycle Press, 2010) \u2013 via a \u00a0somewhat awkward rhyming text \u2013 introduces the Fibonacci sequence and its prevalence in nature to ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-1536x947.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/growing-patterns-2048x1263.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sarah C. Campbell\u2019s <em>Growing Patterns<\/em> (Boyds Mills Press, 2010) introduces Fibonacci numbers in nature through gorgeous color photographs of flowers, pinecones, pineapples,\u00a0 and a cutaway nautilus shell. For ages 6-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/insteading.com\/blog\/fibonacci-sequence-in-nature\/\">The Fibonacci Sequence in Nature<\/a> has photographs, animations, and explanations of the Fibonacci sequence in everything from pine cones to hurricanes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blockhead-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blockhead-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blockhead.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Joseph D\u2019Agnese\u2019s <em>Blockhead: A Life of Fibonacci<\/em> (Henry Holt and Company, 2010) is a picture-book biography of the famous medieval mathematician. For ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>Rabbits and Art<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/durer-rabbit-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/durer-rabbit-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/durer-rabbit.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artyfactory.com\/art_appreciation\/animals_in_art\/albrecht_durer.htm\">The Arty Factory<\/a>\u00a0has information on 15th-century artist Albrecht Durer\u2019s animal drawings and paintings and examples of his work, including his famous portrait of a hare.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/20011122_12sant_Latvia_Postage_Stamp-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/20011122_12sant_Latvia_Postage_Stamp-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/20011122_12sant_Latvia_Postage_Stamp.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Rabbits_on_stamps\">Rabbits on Stamps<\/a>\u00a0is a cool\u00a0gallery of rabbits on postage stamps.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See these instructions and a pattern for making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freekidscrafts.com\/pop-up-rabbit\/\">rabbit pop-up card<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bugs-bunny.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Check out a short history of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threelittleladiesrabbitry.com\/bugsbunny.php\">Bugs Bunny<\/a>, possibly the world\u2019s most recognized bunny.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For step-by-step instructions for drawing your own Bugs Bunny, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com\/how-to-draw-bugs-bunny.html\">How to Draw Cartoons Online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Draw a very different bunny with comic-book artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/gallery\/2011\/aug\/02\/how-to-draw-bunnies-simone-lia#\/?picture=377080829&amp;index=0\">Simone Lia<\/a>\u00a0via <em>The Guardian<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blow-up-origami-bunny-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blow-up-origami-bunny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blow-up-origami-bunny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blow-up-origami-bunny-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blow-up-origami-bunny.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Make a blow-up origami bunny. For step-by-step instructions, see <a href=\"http:\/\/origamiusa.org\/files\/atsushi-blowup-bunny.pdf\">Origami USA<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/rabbit_crafts_for_kids.htm\">Rabbit Crafts for Kids<\/a> has a long list of rabbit crafts for elementary-level kids, among them a rocking rabbit, paper-plate rabbits, a paper-bag rabbit puppet, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbit books and rabbit resources seem to proliferate like\u2026well, rabbits. Famous rabbits include the fussy and opinionated Rabbit of A.A. 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