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The Rabbits' Wedding

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This is the book that opened my eyes to the censorship of books. Around 1960, this book was quite controversial and banned in some places. I had just started working in a library and went immediately to the book to see what the fuss was about.

Oh, yeah. It's a white bunny and a black bunny. I imagine the illustrator did this so you could tell one from the other in a black-and-white book; wouldn't it be confusing if they were both white or both black?

Busy (or maybe it's idle) minds can see anything, I guess. Advocating mixed racial marriage? I didn't think so then and I don't 45 years later.

The expressions on these two rabbits' faces are so precious, I can't believe anybody sees anything more than a warm, wonderful story with incredible illustrations.

The Bookschlepper

This is a book for young children. This is a simple, absolutely beautifully illustrated hardcover book. Each entire page is fully illustrated by the incomparable Gareth Williams, who illustrated many very famous children's books, and the story flows along simply and easily.

I loved this story because it gives little children an easy way to comprehend a marriage and why people have a wedding. The two rabbits decide they want to be together "forever and ever" and so they have a wedding, to celebrate their decision. It's very sweet and simple.

The sentiments at the end of the book are just as deliciously sweet. "And the little rabbit was never sad again.." How wonderful! A lovely thing to teach children.... how marriage is meant to make two people happy forever. A pleasant idea in this era of anti-committment-single-parents.

I shake my head in confusion at someone who would try to say this book contains racial themes. The rabbits are different colors, let's not "read into" a 4 year old's book. When adults start reading racial themes into a toddler's book, they personify why bigotry exists in the first place.

I purchased this book as a gift for our 4 year old ring-bearer in our upcoming wedding, as he is very excited about weddings and trying to understand why his Uncle Johnny and I are having one. This book is delightful and very beautiful. The rabbits facial expressions are just precious. I am going to re-purchase this book for myself after giving it to my new nephew.

In review, this book is very simple, very beautiful and fun to read to little ones. Recommmended! I loved it.

I got this book 22 years ago for my daughter. It has always been her favorite story. When she went to college and found out that it was a banned book in the 50s because of the racial theme she was amazed. It is a delightful story of two sweet little rabbits who find happiness together. The illustrations are beautiful. I love the use of yellow as the only real color.

This is a sweet sweet story and the illustrations are especially endearing. The expressions on the rabbits faces, and hilarious detail to their feet, paws, etc, make this a must have for any childs library. It is excellent to give as a gift...

Call me sentimental but I totally love this book!!And I'm 42.I first read this book about 10 years ago when I started working in a library and found lots of children's books I never knew existed.I only heard about the racial issues later on. I only saw a sweet, poignant book about the kind of love most people dream about.So the characters were rabbits.The analogies about love and marriage shot me straight in the heart and I bet most people would feel the same.I bought this and am now looking for a vintage copy to own. Read this to little ones (and grown ups)and get ready for some tears.P.S.-the art is fabulous!

The Rabbits Wedding was my favorite book as a 4-year-old - and it still is! The story is sweet, the illustrations are precious and young children get their first glimpse of true love. It is a very touching little story.

I remember as a child loving this book because it must have had all the right ingredients: a little sorrow, joy, love and beautiful illustrations that took me into a wonderful world of imagination. That would have been in the early 70s - in the UK. Looking back I understand why this book came into my life - I was a biracial child. My mother is white Scottish and my father black Caribbean. On some level, it brought clarity and understanding to what my parents must have had to experience in their own travels and after their own rabbits' wedding. With the subtext or without it, it's a lovely book and I'm so happy to see it's still in print.

I got my copy of this book right before it was put on the "banned book" list while I was in college and taking Children's Literature. I've loved the book and so have both of my daughters. I recently purchased it for my two year old granddaughter, and she loves it as much as both of my daughters and I. It has a sweet story and the pictures are amazing. Garth Williams puts so much expression on the rabbits' faces that you can't help but empathize with them. You can't go wrong with this book.

The pictures in this simple love story will capture the imagination of fairy tale lovers. The use of repition in the telling of this story draws and keeps the interest of young children. And those rabbits are just so cute.

This was my wife's favorite book as a child. The story is very sweet, filled with timeless traditional values and excellent illustrations. I'm thrilled that we can get a new copy through Amazon so we can (sadly) replace my wife's 1958 edition. Excellent reading!