The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes 75th Anniversary Edition
An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 4, 2014
The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.
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- Who it’s for
- A busy mother bunny’s ambition meets family life in a classic Easter tale.
- Themes
- Equality, Hard work, Patient ambition
- Genres
- Easter & Lent, Rabbit Stories, The Classics
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The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children. With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an Easter Bunny. But when Grandfather Bunny spies her perfectly behaved brood, he’s so impressed that he makes Cottontail the most important Easter Bunny of all!
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Originally published in 1939, Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes celebrates the timeless values of equality, hard work, and patient ambition. Featuring Caldecott Award winner Marjorie Flack’s original hand-drawn illustrations and a beautifully redesigned cover, this seventy-fifth anniversary heirloom edition is perfect for sharing with a new generation of young readers.
Ambition in Spring
A busy mother bunny’s ambition meets family life in a classic Easter tale.
Come here for
- A mother bunny’s patient ambition amid the bustle of twenty-one little ones
- A story celebrating equality, hard work, and patience
Expect
- Original hand-drawn illustrations by Marjorie Flack
- An anniversary edition made for sharing with young readers
Where it sits
| Rabbit Stories | 86% |
|---|---|
| Easter & Lent | 74% |
| The Classics | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Stories
- Rabbit Stories
- The Classics
- Family Stories
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- Parent-Child Stories
- Girls & Young Women
- Easter & Lent
- Country Life
- Authors
- DuBose Heyward
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 4, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Equality · Hard work · Patient ambition
- Reading lane
- Animal Stories