Rabbit Hill (Newbery Library, Puffin) (Paperback)

by Robert Lawson (Author) "LL THE Hill was boiling with excitement..." (more)
Key Phrases: new folks, Little Georgie, Uncle Analdas, Gray Fox (more...)

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Product Description
New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Puffin; 1 edition (October 27, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 014031010X
• ISBN-13: 978-0140310108
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #645,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Chrijeff (Scranton, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Folks are coming to Rabbit Hill!, December 9, 1999

By A Customer

All the little animals on Rabbit Hill know that New Folks are moving into the Big House. Little Georgie the rabbit tells all the little animals, but they already know. Little Georgie's Mother worries about everything including the New Folks moving in. Father tells Little Georgie to get his Uncle Analdas to come, because he may be lonely. When Little Georgie goes to get his Uncle Analdas, he ends up being chased by a hound dog. He is forced to jump across Deadman's Brook. He jumps and gets across. No rabbit had ever done that before! Little Georgie rests on the bank and makes a song about the new folks coming. Georgie gets his grumpy Uncle Analdas, and they go back to Rabbit Hill. then one day, the new folks come. The animals find out that the new folks are very nice. They have a harmless cat named Mr.Muldoon. The folks are so kind, that they save a fieldmouse from dying. The animals then have a day called Dividing Night. This is when the animals see which animals get what vegetables in the garden. None of the animals can touch any of the food until Midsummer's Eve. Then, that very night, Little Georgie is hit by a car. The new folks take care of Georgie, while the little animals start rumors about what the new folks are doing to Little Georgie. Mother sits in her rocking chair and doesn't get up. When it is Midsummer's Eve none the animals eat food from the garden. If you want know if Little Georgie lives, read the book. Also, if you finish reading Rabbit Hill you may want to read the sequel The Tough Winter.