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Brown Ears #1
Brown Ears
A toy rabbit becomes separated from his young owner and has many adventures from which he learns a great deal.
- GenresChildrens
96 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
About the author
Stephen R. Lawhead
103 books2,778 followersStephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium, Patrick, and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion.
Also see his fanpage at Myspace:
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Stephen was born in 1950, in Nebraska in the USA. Most of his early life was spent in America where he earned a university degree in Fine Arts and attended theological college for two years. His first professional writing was done at Campus Life magazine in Chicago, where he was an editor and staff writer. During his five years at Campus Life he wrote hundreds of articles and several non-fiction books.
After a brief foray into the music business—as president of his own record company—he began full-time freelance writing in 1981. He moved to England in order to research Celtic legend and history. His first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King, became the first in a series of three books (The Dragon King Trilogy) and was followed by the two-volume Empyrion saga, Dream Thief and then the Pendragon Cycle, now in five volumes: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, and Grail. This was followed by the award-winning Song of Albion series which consists of The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.
He has written nine children's books, many of them originally offered to his two sons, Drake and Ross. He is married to Alice Slaikeu Lawhead, also a writer, with whom he has collaborated on some books and articles. They make their home in Oxford, England.
Stephen's non-fiction, fiction and children's titles have been published in twenty-one foreign languages. All of his novels have remained continuously in print in the United States and Britain since they were first published. He has won numereous industry awards for his novels and children's books, and in 2003 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska.
also write under the name Steve Lawhead
Also see his fanpage at Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/stephenlawhead...
Stephen was born in 1950, in Nebraska in the USA. Most of his early life was spent in America where he earned a university degree in Fine Arts and attended theological college for two years. His first professional writing was done at Campus Life magazine in Chicago, where he was an editor and staff writer. During his five years at Campus Life he wrote hundreds of articles and several non-fiction books.
After a brief foray into the music business—as president of his own record company—he began full-time freelance writing in 1981. He moved to England in order to research Celtic legend and history. His first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King, became the first in a series of three books (The Dragon King Trilogy) and was followed by the two-volume Empyrion saga, Dream Thief and then the Pendragon Cycle, now in five volumes: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, and Grail. This was followed by the award-winning Song of Albion series which consists of The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.
He has written nine children's books, many of them originally offered to his two sons, Drake and Ross. He is married to Alice Slaikeu Lawhead, also a writer, with whom he has collaborated on some books and articles. They make their home in Oxford, England.
Stephen's non-fiction, fiction and children's titles have been published in twenty-one foreign languages. All of his novels have remained continuously in print in the United States and Britain since they were first published. He has won numereous industry awards for his novels and children's books, and in 2003 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska.
also write under the name Steve Lawhead
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
March 28, 2025
I’ve just finished reading this to my 5 year old boy. He did like it, but he prefers books with pictures to look at as well.
It is a wonderful story though, and I almost cried at the end.
We’ve had it since I was a young girl, and this is the first time I have properly read it, so it was lovely to read together.
Great book to read with young children.
It is a wonderful story though, and I almost cried at the end.
We’ve had it since I was a young girl, and this is the first time I have properly read it, so it was lovely to read together.
Great book to read with young children.
October 11, 2022
This has to be one of my favourite read-alouds to date. The writing style is unique, and thoroughly enjoyable. I found it fun and quite natural to give the different characters particular voices as I was reading.
Enjoyed by my 7 and 4 yo girls, but I think the book would equally appeal to boys, perhaps even more so.
Enjoyed by my 7 and 4 yo girls, but I think the book would equally appeal to boys, perhaps even more so.
Did Not Finish
April 28, 2023Dnf. The narrator kept raising her voice which annoyed me quite a lot.
April 9, 2021
4/9/21 - I just finished reading this again to my littlest one, who will be six soon. It's just as delightful as the previous two readings, and he can't wait to pick up "Brown Ears at Sea," Next.
Grizzle's "bite your nose off" threats are a permanent part of our family culture. As cathartic as Sendak's "I'll eat you up, I love you so!" :)
*****
I had no idea this book had a Christmas ending. How delightful for my children to finish it in this season!
*****
We enjoyed it as much the second time around - four years later! My oldest remembered some details, but it was brand new for the 4 year old, who couldn't wait to read each chapter!
Grizzle's "bite your nose off" threats are a permanent part of our family culture. As cathartic as Sendak's "I'll eat you up, I love you so!" :)
*****
I had no idea this book had a Christmas ending. How delightful for my children to finish it in this season!
*****
We enjoyed it as much the second time around - four years later! My oldest remembered some details, but it was brand new for the 4 year old, who couldn't wait to read each chapter!
September 13, 2007
A touching children's story about Brown Ears, an English stuffed bunny. He has adventures. I think there might be two books - we read BROWN EARS AT SEA. Loved it.
April 25, 2015
Just finished this one with the kids. It was "scary" sometimes, but I kept reassuring them that it would turn out okay... and it did. They enjoyed it.
July 30, 2017
Brown Ears is a nice, cute Christmas story. If you're a fan of works like Toy Story, you might wanna give this a go.
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