The Neighbors

by Marcia Brown

When fox takes over rabbit's house, neither wolf nor bear can drive him out. Then rooster arrives and red fur flies.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

An American children's book author and illustrator, and a high school teacher, Marcia Brown was born in Rochester, New York in 1918, and was educated at The New York State College for Teachers (now University at Albany). She taught at Cornwall High School in New York City, and published her first book, The Little Carousel, in 1946. She wrote and illustrated more than thirty books for children over the course of her career, winning three Caldecott Medals and six Caldecott Honors, as well as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal and the Regina Medal. She died in 2015.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 2 out of 5]

The artwork looks a little rough to me in this one. It's not bad, its simply not polished. I was able to get this story from the Openlibrary.

Fox and Hare are friends and they decide to build their houses next to each other for winter. Hare makes a house of bark while fox makes a house of ice. So Spring thaws foxes house and so he goes and steals Hare's house.

Hare asks some big animals like Wolf, Bear to help him and fox outsmarts them. Rooster is the one who can terrify the Fox and give Hare his book back.

This story is okay, but it didn't make me feel anything and the artwork wasn't great. This story didn't do a whole lot for me. I can see why this book isn't well remembered.