Rabbit Hill (Puffin Modern Classics) [Paperback]

Robert Lawson (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2007 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Puffin Modern Classics

It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. It’s only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a little bit surprised when they do.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (February 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0142407968
• ISBN-13: 978-0142407967
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Rabbits > Fiction
  • #92 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Where We Live > Farm Life

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful book from Mr. Lawson's pen!, April 28, 2001

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Yumuri "Polilla" (NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rabbit Hill (Hardcover)

I bought this book to accompany the purchase of a rabbit for my son. We used this book for our family's read aloud time. We are already fans of Mr. lawson so it was with high hopes that we began this wonderful book. It is about animals and the hardships creatures encounter as a result of man's carelessness and selfihness. We rarely think about the impact our daily existence has on nature, especially the one that makes up our backyards. When kindly people move into the house on Rabbit Hill, the pooor existence of the animals takes a definite turn for the better. The humans are kind and are able to co-exist with all the different kinds of animals on their property. This book is fun but it an allegory for modern times as well. it ends with the placing of the statue of St. Francis of Assissi in the garden; a powerful reminder that we are stewards of God's creation.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rabbits and squirrels and mice, oh my!, October 14, 2004

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Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rabbit Hill (Newbery Library, Puffin) (Mass Market Paperback)

On a hill in the peaceful Connecticut countryside stands an old foursquare house, in which for many years there lived a family of good Folks. They respected the Small Animals that shared their Hill, their children played hide-and-seek with them on warm evenings and their old lady Spaniel even raised an orphaned fox cub. Then they moved away, and hard times fell upon the Hill. The Small Animals, forced to do their "marketing" in Fat-Man-at-the-Crossroads' garden, have wondered for a long time whether they would ever get such Folks again. Now, at last, New Folks are coming, and the question in every Animal's mind is, what kind of Folks will they be?

"Rabbit Hill" is perhaps Lawson's best-known book, though he wrote many that deserve to be returned to print. Based upon the actual hill on which he lived, it follows the adventures of the Rabbit family, Father (a Southern gentleman from the Kentucky Bluegrass who talks like a dictionary), Mother (a chronic worrier), Little Georgie, and the permanently-visiting Uncle Analdas, and their many animal neighbors--Willie Fieldmouse and his vast family, the forgetful Gray Squirrel, Foxy, Phewie the Skunk, old Porky the Groundhog, the Red Deer and his Doe and Fawn, Mole for whom Willie must often "be eyes," and more. His Animals are drawn lovingly and accurately both in words and pictures (he did his own illustrations) and behave recognizably as we might expect them to do if they were intelligent enough to speak to one another. And there's a surprising amount of excitement for such a short book: Georgie's flight from a pursuing dog and his remarkable leap across Dead Man's Brook, the question of whether the Folks will be Good Folks or not, and the aftermath of Georgie's mishap with a car on the Black Road. The close of the tale is heart-warming and beautiful. This is a kids' book to which I return over and over.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Climb up Rabbit Hill and come down happy., June 2, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Rabbit Hill (Newbery Library, Puffin) (Mass Market Paperback)

Man, this is one awesome book! And if you think I just like it because I'm a kid, you are wrong! This book is great for all ages including the teen age. Rabbit Hill is about a colony of wild animals who live on Rabbit Hill. Next to Rabbit Hill is a house called the Big House with a patch of land for crops. Every year or so, New Folks come to live in the House. The last Folks were bad folks who didn't care for the bustling nature around them and didn't take care of the land. Now that New Folks are coming, everybody is afraid and excited, and soon all kinds of incidents and adventures happen. I'm not going to give away the surprise, but you should read this book. At some parts the talking is a bit like a formal, business style, which makes some parts just a bit confusing. But you'll anyway love it. All kinds of people will love the animals including Phewie the skunk, Willie the field mouse, Little Georgie the rabbit, and more. Like I said, it's not just for little kids, but for all ages.