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The Golden Bunny and Seventeen Other Stories
Contains 18 stories and poems about rabbits and bunnies.
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1953
About the author
Margaret Wise Brown
397 books1,261 followersMargaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 70 years ago, her books still sell very well.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.
She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.
She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.
Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.
She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.
She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.
Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.
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January 11, 2017
We broke this up over several days, reading a couple of the short stories and a poem a day.
June 4, 2015
Charming and old fashioned, this is quite a collection of bunny stories. It may fill the bill at Easter. Lines like, "O best loved Bunny in all the world, this is the story of you," as well as, "There was a World in which there were nothing but Bunnies," and in regards to a new baby bunny, "It's ours, cried the whole Bunny family." give a childlike appeal.
November 27, 2018
Beautiful illustration. I didn't know that Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon died so young. This book was poems and stories of bunnies.
July 4, 2019
The language is not as beautifully crafted as Pussycat's Christmas, but I still love this collection of poems and short stories about bunnies. Gorgeous illustrations.
November 4, 2023
Beautifully illustrated poems about rabbits.
June 1, 2015
Margaret Wise Brown wrote a lot of picture books about rabbits. But the short stories and rhymes in this book are ones you probably have never seen-- I certainly hadn't! This quiet little collection is ideal as the last book in a reading-to-sleep sequence, as the entries are rather short-- and in most cases very soothing. It probably wouldn't stand up as an active-day reader unless your readee likes bunnies VERY much, but as a read-to-sleep it really shines. If you loved The Whispering Rabbit by Wise Brown, you are in for a treat here. The illustrations are likewise excellent, being the Leonard Weisgard illustrations that pair so well with her rabbit texts (the only one who did better was Garth Williams in my opinion). For fun, pair it with Bunny Island, since this book is also set in "a land where there was nothing but bunnies."
October 23, 2015
This is a collection of stories and poems all about bunnies. I thought this was a unique way of writing about bunnies for children. The poems are all written in different styles. The poems are simplistic, but creative. The illustrations in the book are as creative as the writings.
This is a good read for children.
This is a good read for children.
March 6, 2015
This is a collection of short stories and poems about rabbits. The art is gorgeous.
Today, I read a few stories to my daughter. The one that caught my eye was the rabbits waiting for a new arrival baby rabbit. The siblings have mixed emotions until it finally arrives and then they love it.
Today, I read a few stories to my daughter. The one that caught my eye was the rabbits waiting for a new arrival baby rabbit. The siblings have mixed emotions until it finally arrives and then they love it.
March 28, 2015
A lovely collection of stories about bunnies. The illustrations are gorgeous and the first three stories (The Golden Bunny, A Dream, and Nothing But Bunnies) are especially good. It would be good to read one at a storytime. Although old fashioned this is delightfully charming.
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