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Summary: A Country Bunny... a book worth 500 stars!
Review: A BEAUTIFUL BOOK! A inspiring story of a mother (bunny) and her children. Not the greatest illustrations I've ever seen (still nice) but the story completely makes up for that. GET THIS BOOK, I promise you and your kids will love it.
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Summary: The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
Review: According to this book, there isn't just one Easter Bunny, but five. When one of them gets too old, then a new one is chose by the grandfather bunny. A poor country bunny named Cottontail wants to be an Easter Bunny. She eventually gets older and has many children. She teaches her children to take care of the house. Then word comes around that one of the Easter bunnies needs to be replaced, so all the bunnys go to the Easter Egg palace to see who can become the next Easter Bunny. Cottontail turns out to be the wisest, swiftest, and kindest bunny. She goes to deliver an egg to a sick boy over many mountains. She goes up the last one, but falls. Then the Grandfather Bunny gives her a special pair of golden shoes that allow her to be able to jump super high and fast, so she can get the egg deliverede. This book is well-written, but I don't think the illustrations are very good. It is written by Du Bose Heyward, and illustrated by Marjorie Hack.
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Summary: The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
Review: According to this book, there isn't just one Easter Bunny, but five. When one of them gets too old, then a new one is chose by the grandfather bunny. A poor country bunny named Cottontail wants to be an Easter Bunny. She eventually gets older and has many children. She teaches her children to take care of the house. Then word comes around that one of the Easter bunnies needs to be replaced, so all the bunnys go to the Easter Egg palace to see who can become the next Easter Bunny. Cottontail turns out to be the wisest, swiftest, and kindest bunny. She goes to deliver an egg to a sick boy over many mountains. She goes up the last one, but falls. Then the Grandfather Bunny gives her a special pair of golden shoes that allow her to be able to jump super high and fast, so she can get the egg deliverede. This book is well-written, but I don't think the illustrations are very good. It is written by Du Bose Heyward, and illustrated by Marjorie Hack.
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Summary: Country Bunny Touches Hearts
Review: DuBose Heyward's 1939 classic, "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes," is surprisingly modernist given the time period in which it was written. When so much of the world was (and is) focused on heroes and men in general, what a gentle and lovely surprise to come across a book which celebrates the rabbit--a lady rabbit!--who becomes the Easter bunny.With elements of Aesop peeping in and out of the text (not the least of which includes the fable of the tortoise and the hare), Heyward manages to make a rabbit with 21 little children sound not only sane, but brilliant. The Country Bunny (or Little Cottontail Mother, as she is called throughout) gives her children each small chores to keep them busy, contribute to the overall quality of their shared family life, and make them feel like valued members of the group. They grow up to be sweet, cheerful, polite, and industrious bunnies, and the Country Bunny uses their fine breeding to great effect to achieve an audition for the role of Easter Bunny. Heyward's text is inimitably enriched by the sweet pictures of artist Marjorie Flack. The bunnies are plush and adorable, the scenery idyllic, and the colors bright as Technicolor. This is a trip down Memory Lane, even for those who didn't grow up with the book, and a future memory-maker for any child who loves Easter and Easter bunnies.
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Summary: A surprisingly modernist book from 1939
Review: DuBose Heyward's 1939 classic, "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes," is surprisingly modernist given the time period in which it was written. When so much of the world was (and is) focused on heroes and men in general, what a gentle and lovely surprise to come across a book which celebrates the rabbit--a lady rabbit!--who becomes the Easter bunny. With elements of Aesop peeping in and out of the text (not the least of which includes the fable of the tortoise and the hare), Heyward manages to make a rabbit with 21 little children sound not only sane, but brilliant. The Country Bunny (or Little Cottontail Mother, as she is called throughout) gives her children each small chores to keep them busy, contribute to the overall quality of their shared family life, and make them feel like valued members of the group. They grow up to be sweet, cheerful, polite, and industrious bunnies, and the Country Bunny uses their fine breeding to great effect to achieve an audition for the role of Easter Bunny. Heyward's text is inimitably enriched by the sweet pictures of artist Marjorie Flack. The bunnies are plush and adorable, the scenery idyllic, and the colors bright as Technicolor. This is a trip down Memory Lane, even for those who didn't grow up with the book, and a future memory-maker for any child who loves Easter and Easter bunnies.
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Summary: Dated, daring, wonderful
Review: Get past the dated image of gender roles, and you see the book revealed for what it is: touching and gentle. It shows the fulfillment of a dream in spite of expectations, a mother rabbit with a chance at greatness, as one of the (several) Easter bunnies who delivers eggs around the world. I enjoyed as a child, I love it as an adult.
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Summary: A book that is happy and great for young readers
Review: I am hoping to order a hard copy of this book for my son, who is now 10 1/2 years old, for Easter. This book has been one of those that we read almost once a week - I read it to him. Each time we read I become more animated, knowing the story. He loves it, and I have grown to look forward to reading it to him. It is a beautiful story about perserverence, strength and dedication from a Mom's point of view. It speaks so eloquently about goals and keeping life in focus all at the same time. Love it! (And I love the fact that it was written in 1939.)
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Summary: The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
Review: I am hoping to order a hard copy of this book for my son, who is now 10 1/2 years old, for Easter. This book has been one of those that we read almost once a week - I read it to him. Each time we read I become more animated, knowing the story. He loves it, and I have grown to look forward to reading it to him. It is a beautiful story about perserverence, strength and dedication from a Mom's point of view. It speaks so eloquently about goals and keeping life in focus all at the same time. Love it! (And I love the fact that it was written in 1939.)
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Summary: favorite book ever
Review: I got this book when I was three and 35 years later, it is still my favorite. It has always stood to tell me that motherhood is wonderful, preeminent, yet does not preclude dreams nor the ability to reach them. I will admit some disillusionment when my children didn't perform their chores as obediently. My goals were shaped by this story. I still strive to be not only clever and swift, but most importantly, kind and wise. I hope my children will too.
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Summary: my favorite book
Review: I love this book so much I have been known to spontaniously read it aloud in book stores ! It has always been well received and they usually sell a few copies afterwards . This book is a must-have, whether or not you have children .
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