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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (Hardcover)

~ Dubose Heyward (Author), Marjorie Flack (Illustrator) "WE HEAR of the Easter Bunny who comes each Easter Day before sunrise to bring eggs for boys and girls, so we think there is..." (more)
Key Phrases: Easter Bunnies, Easter Bunny, Grandfather Bunny (more...)
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"It is difficult to believe that this very modern feminist tale was originally written in 1939. A gem of a fantasy in which kindness and cleverness win out over size and brawn." -- Review


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"It is difficult to believe that this very modern feminist tale was originally written in 1939. A gem of a fantasy in which kindness and cleverness win out over size and brawn." Learning Magazine

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 4-8
  • Hardcover: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (September 9, 1939)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0395159903
  • ISBN-13: 978-0395159903
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,768 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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WE HEAR of the Easter Bunny who comes each Easter Day before sunrise to bring eggs for boys and girls, so we think there is only one. Read the first page
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Easter Bunnies, Easter Bunny, Grandfather Bunny, Mother Cottontail, Palace of Easter Eggs
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars powerful and true, December 5, 2001
This is the most powerful book I have ever read.

The boastful jackrabbits, the aristocratic snobby rabbits, and the male rabbits who laugh when little country bunny tells them that she will grow up to become to be one of the revered Easter Bunnies - are all proven wrong.

Little country bunny grows up, has children, and through the pure goodness of her heart and common sense catches the eye of the Wise Old Grandfather bunny.

Ta-da! He asks her to be an Easter Bunny! After trials and tribulations, her determination, caring, and perseverence carry her through, and she is exalted beyond her dreams by Grandfather Bunny. She is wise, and nice, and very humble.

I love this story because is beautifully written and teaches that those with good and kind hearts, who work hard and persevere, will triumph. Being rich, big, high-born, young, male, does not matter where it really counts - all that matters is what is in your heart.

I first read this as a minority child growing up in a rural community. Now I am a professional in a large city. This book made a difference for me.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Through a Six-Year-Old's Mind, January 6, 2000
By Beverly Johnson (Big Sky Country Montana) - See all my reviews
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I was born in 1940. This book was read to me once in first grade. I remembered not only the story, but the beautiful illustrations. Twenty years later I called my first grade teacher to ask for the book title so I could read it to my children. "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes," she had remembered. As I read this to my children, I saw my life had been influenced by this wonderful story. Dubose Heyward wrote one book in 1939. He wrote to tell young females that they can grow up to follow their dreams and have a family. That they can get past social expectations, and past the people who aren't cheering them on, and that we all have a special destiny if we trust ourselves enough to persist against the odds which then sets the example for our children to do the same.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly modernist book from 1939, July 19, 2002
By Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars AN EASTER CLASSIC
MY CHILDREN LOVED THE COUNTRY BUNNY, MY GRANDCHILDREN LOVED THE COUNTRY BUNNY, AND MY PRESENT PURCHASE WAS A PUT-AWAY COPY FOR FUTURE GREATGRANDCHILDREN. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mary T. Peck

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book
I loved this book as a child and I purchased it as a gift for my 4-year-old godson and nephew. It's a classic!
Published 5 months ago by Meg W

5.0 out of 5 stars All time favorite
"The Country Bunny" was a favorite for me as a child, my children enjoyed it and now I am buying a copy for all my grandkids. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Linda D. Pfisterer

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for every generation
Forget that this is a feminist ballad. Forget that it is the story of a working mother who overcomes poverty and discrimination to achieve the ultimate professional success... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Writer Mom

5.0 out of 5 stars The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
I love this book!! It was read to me by my first grade teacher, and I bought a copy to read to my class 40 years later. I have bought several copies to give as gifts.
Published 12 months ago by Miriam J. Gertsen

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Easter Bunny Book Ever!
I first read this book as a little girl. I was swept away by the wonder and (dare I say it) majesty of this story about the Easter Bunny. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Daisy Brambletoes

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward and illustrated by Marjorie Hack has been around for yours. Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. Blankenship

5.0 out of 5 stars The Country Bunny
Fast delivery, good quality, nice transaction, and product as advertised.
This book is a classic and the values inherent in the book are timeless.
Published 19 months ago by Frances Daughtery

5.0 out of 5 stars most wonderful heartfelt and giving child book.
I have loved this book for many years and have looked forward to reading it to my children, its full of adventure, curage, love, faith and trust. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Andrew Mooney

5.0 out of 5 stars timeless message
I have an original hardcover that I have read every Easter, a gift in 1950 from my mother. I have read it to myself, my sons, and various Sunday school classes. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Miss Muffet

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