Disapproving Rabbits [Paperback]

Sharon Stiteler (Author)

Book Description

Release date: October 16, 2007

Try as hard as you like, there's just no pleasing a disapproving rabbit

Let them hop around your house, they'll disapprove of your decorating skills. Feed them tasty veggies, they'll disapprove of your culinary skills. Sit together in your yard, and they'll disapprove of your gardening (even as they devour it).

Long thought of as mindless raiders of gardens and happy couriers of colored eggs, it's almost as if rabbits have been getting the best of us for years, secretly disapproving of all our non-rabbit ways.

Fortunately Sharon Stiteler, known as the Bird Chick for her work in the birding community, began to notice something not-quite-right about her pet rabbit Cinnamon. It appeared that Cinnamon didn't approve . . . of anything. After studying a great many photos, Sharon has soundly and without-out-a-doubt proved that rabbits have some major attitude.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

This is a book with photos of rabbits and captions. No rabbit out there approves of this. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (October 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061353280
• ISBN-13: 978-0061353284
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #828,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was given a Peterson Field Guide to Birds when I was seven years old and snapped, I loves birds, it's just the way I'm wired. Since 1997, I have made it my goal to get paid to go birding. I run the popular birding blog, Birdchick.com and have been in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on NBC Nightly News as well as making regular appearances on Twin Cities' TV and radio stations. I'm an international speaker and my writing can has been found in several publications and online including WildBird Magazine, Outdoor News, Birds & Blooms, 10,000 Birds and Birding Business. I wrote the books "Disapproving Rabbits," "City Birds/Country Birds" and "1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know," I'm #32 in the Geek A Week Trading Card set and I work part-time as a National Park Ranger. When I'm not digiscoping or banding birds, I'm a blue ribbon beekeeper with Neil Gaiman.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A light hearted look at domesticated rabbits. October 19, 2007

By Bibliophile

Format:Paperback

Not since Alice chased the ever elusive white rabbit down the rabbit hole has the furry mammal achieved such literary notice. Unlike Alice's white rabbit, these rabbits do not wear a watch or a waistcoat...and, I don't believe they are late for anything. Nevertheless they do have a charismatic flair about them. Their facial expressions say it all. Of course, the author amusingly attaches her own facial translations to each picture. She is witty and the rabbits are just, well, themselves. I'm glad they aren't posed in dangerously precarious situations in order to get a laugh. No, they are being the rabbits that they are within their normal everyday domesticated life. That in itself makes the book even more uniquely clever. Set it on your coffee table and entertain your guests with this whimsical conversation starter.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars None of US disapprove October 21, 2007

By Dorothy And Peter Haase

Format:Paperback

This book is 170 pictures of sour, disapproving rabbits, including their snide comments. One of our rabbits, Benson, disapproved so much he ate pages 85 and 86. If you are sour after working your way through, well, you are probably not human.

CHICO, THE BEDROOM RABBIT, AND I LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT. THE CAPTIONS WERE GREAT, THE PICTURES AMAZING!

We have a rabbit named The Princess who is a close ringer for the page 38 model, and I know my insufficiencies wound her to the core - she has a "look" to readily let me know.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE A GUY, PLUS YOU DON'T READ HER MIND FAST ENOUGH. YOU COULD PRACTICE ON ME.

Uh, I don't think so. Anyway, the 12 rabbits in our house took a vote and would have given it 5 carrots if pages 85 and 86 had not been defaced. They all disapprove so easily.

AND THEY ALSO SAID "HOORAY FOR SHARON!" FOR CREATING A BOOK ABOUT RABBITS THAT IS FUNNY. RABBITS ARE VERY FUNNY. AND CLEVER. NOW ALL 12 ARE VIBRATING WITH ANTICIPATION FOR SHARON'S NEXT BOOK, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE EVEN MORE ABOUT RABBITS.

If you like rabbits you will like this book. If you don't like this book, well, we disapprove.

WHO COULD NOT LIKE RABBITS? DOGS AND CATS ARE SO "LAST YEAR!" THIS IS THE TIME OF THE RABBIT. LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical October 22, 2007

By Furniture Fanatic

Format:Paperback

I bought this book at the store last week and am going to buy a bunch more off of Amazon because it's side-splittingly funny. The pictures are a hoot and the captions are so humorous. I, too, am going to give these away for the holidays. And I don't own nor have I ever owned a rabbit. Everyone can appreciate this book!