Determined to become a great trapper like his older brother, a boy baits a trap with a carrot and waits in the winter wilderness, but when he finally snags a starving rabbit, the aspiring hunter faces a crisis of conscience.
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From Publishers Weekly
In trembling anticpation, a boy tramps through snowy woods and February cold. He carries a wooden box, a carrot and a long stick from which dangles a string. He plans to become a hunter like the older boys. But when he snares a starving rabbit, unexpected reactions crowd out the hunter's instinct. This picture book speaks in the prosaic voice of the newspaper column that gave rise to it (Easterling writes a daily column for the Huntsville Times in Alabama). However, the honest, believable details vanquish sentimentality. Owens's (A Caribou Alphabet; Counting Cranes) watercolor paintings masterfully articulate the forms and spirit of the wintry setting rather than the facial landscape of the boy's emotions. But her illustrations-framed by pines laden with heavy snow and weightless chickadees-gain a subtle intimacy through perspectives held in the embrace of nature. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3-A fine story that will touch the hearts of many readers. For a week, a boy has studied the traps of the older children, and now he is ready to be a hunter. The waiting is hard, but study and patience pay off when a white rabbit nibbles at his carrot and he yanks the string on his box trap. When he carefully lifts the box, he finds a dying rabbit, frozen in fear and near starvation. In sympathy, he gives the carrot to the animal and sets it free. Without sentimentality, Easterling conveys a strong message about human kindness for the creatures with which we share the Earth. Like the boy, readers will not regret the prize lost but rather celebrate the hope that is offered. Owens's elegant watercolors convey all the beauty of a New England winter landscape. Readers may be shocked by the gaunt-looking rabbit, but the artist echoes the hope in the text by slightly filling it out-its ribs are no longer visible even as it begins to nibble on the child's carrot. Young listeners and readers will thrill to the boy's adventure and feel for the hungry rabbit. Teamed with Lynd Ward's The Biggest Bear (Houghton, 1952), this title sends a powerful message without preaching.
Jeanne Marie Clancy, Upper Merion Township Library, King of Prussia, PA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jeanne Marie Clancy, Upper Merion Township Library, King of Prussia, PA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This beautiful story of a boy who goes out into the woods with the intent to trap an animal will bring a tear to the eye of the soft-hearted reader. The story unfolds with such beautiful descriptions of the snowy woods and trek of the boy, you may feel the chill of winter while reading it. At the moment his excitement is fullest at the imminent prospect of the boy catching his prey, Mr. Easterling presents us with a starving, thin and shivering rabbit. The boy's change of heart in his quest and subsequent actions are believable and splendid. I sincerely recommend this book to any parent of an elementary school-age child, boy or girl.
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