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    <body><![CDATA[A gorgeously-illustrated picture-book exploration of the cultural and ecological colonization of Australia. When the strange Rabbits arrive, the indigenous residents aren't sure just what to make of them, but by the time they realize that their elders were correct, that these newcomers don't <em>&quot;u...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7407514">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Illustrated by Shaun Tan, this book is just as good as The Red Tree in the way it takes very simple text and evocative pictures to communicate a complex, emotional message. When the Rabbits come to Australia, the native animals try to be welcoming, but soon find themselves overrun. Several pages gav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9654945">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So. . . this is a pretty obvious allegory posing as a children’s book, but which will be of interest mainly to Leftist adults.  It portrays white Europeans as big rodents moving into, say, Australia or North America and bringing all their baggage and bulldozing the native peoples and environment. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40477798">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Because this is a picture book and shelved with picture books in the childrens section of my library (instead of - say - teens), I expected it to be a story for children. But it's not. It is allegorical, and other reviewers have commented widely on that. But even if you go through the process of exp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67890817">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What is it with all the fables and allegories being published for children??  KNOCK IT OFF!!  Give us a good story!  Yikes, I really hated this book!  It's like here's some gorgeous art served with a heaping helping of guilt and a lesson or two.  YUCK.  I read it because I love Shaun Tan's art.  But...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31652488">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. Although the setting is clearly Australian, it applies to Canadian history as well. The pictures are so beautiful. The images and the story make my heart hurt. I'm not sure at what age I would introduce this book to children. It offers no hope at the end, so I would recommend that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81542329">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ooooh, this is such a great picture book. The illustrations and text are a perfect marriage. Shaun Tan composes complex, layered images. John Marsden's text is spare and controlled. Pairing the simplicity of text with the rich illustrations makes the ideas raised in the book more resonant. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10237156">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More fantastic Shaun Tan.  This is a great modern representation of the colonisation of Australia by European settlers and convicts and the displacement of the Aboriginal peoples.  Or is it about the introduction of a devastating pest into a fragile ecosystem?  Or is it about rabbits in spiffy top-h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43517464">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Our future child's primer on colonialism.  The art in this book is amazing, and crammed full of surreal, dystopian details (included a wonderful reference to Brazil), and the sparse text highlights the cold, brutal nature of colonization. <br/><br/>We're going to raise one depressed kid.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Shaun Tan is amazing. This is a gut-punch of an allegory on colonialism in Australia. Very rich illustrations, lots to examine and ponder. Just because it comes in a picture book format doesn't mean it is for little kids. Could make a great discussion starter for a teen book group.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[someday i will own this book - read it once - blown away - family gave it as a gift.  most haunting &quot;children's&quot; illustrated story ever]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A rich and haunting allegory of colonization for all ages and cultures, told from the viewpoint of native animals. This stunning picture book examines the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely unfamiliar ways. They bring new food and animals, and they make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitants. The parallels with our own experience are many: &quot;They chopped down our trees and scared away our friends and stole our children...&quot;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beauttiful, thought provoking book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Shaun Tan's amazing artwork for 'The Rabbits' tells you everything you ever needed to know about Australian history in glorious colour and astonishing detail. The Rabbits is done so beautifuly and I love the illustrations. The story is very sad and has a good lesson to be learned. I think everyone s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33681475">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a children's picture book, but I'm not sure younger children will &quot;get it&quot;.  It's ostensibly about the invasion of one species (rabbits) into a land already inhabited by another.  The rabbits do all sorts of harm to the environment, and nothing is the same.  Older children may gras...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9527486">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A typical lesson on over-consumption and uncontrolled breeding, but portrayed in a touching, more universal manner by setting it in a non-human species.  A friend pointed out a potential mis-interpretation, that of learning that it's important to be fearful of people different than you.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A rich and haunting allegory of colonization for all ages and cultures, told from the viewpoint of native animals. This stunning picture book examines the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely unfamiliar ways. They bring new food and animals, and they make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitants. The parallels with our own experience are many: &quot;They chopped down our trees and scared away our friends and stole our children...&quot;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Breathtaking illustrations from Shaun Tan evoke the terrible strangeness that must accompany the clash between technologically disparate societies. Tan's mixed media give the narrative additional layers of texture and symbolism that wrench open my heart every time I go back to this book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is quite possibly one of the most macabre kids books I have ever read, but that does not stop me from wanting to show it to everyone I can.  The overall message of the book accompanied by the pictures presents a very grim story of colonization from a 'rodential' point of view.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess it's a picture book, but it seems too overwhelmingly tragic for that. A brilliant expression of the settlement of Australia, specifically, and the loss to native cultures generally. It packs a huge emotional impact for a deceptively simple book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful metaphor for the colonization of Australia from the Aboriginal perspective.  The page that simply reads &quot;They stole our children&quot; made me cry.  A great companion to this book is the film The Rabbit Proof Fence that I also highly recommend.]]></body>
    
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