Our favorite Easter book: The Country Bunny
April 3, 2012 at 9:18 am 4 comments
My very favorite Easter book–and one of the most meaningful children’s books at any time, really–is The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
It’s quite a timeless feminist story, but it’s still hard to believe it was written in 1939! Have you read it? If you haven’t, you should pick it up. The basic story is of a female bunny who wants to be one of the chosen Easter Bunnies, but is told that she’s just a brown country bunny and could never be chosen; all the chosen ones are white, male and strong. She goes on to brilliantly raise 21 bunnies of her own, teaching them each an important life skill like mending and sewing clothes, painting, singing, sweeping, cooking, washing dishes, and working in the garden. Her hard work, perseverance, diligence, and thoughtful bunny-rearing is rewarded in the end as she IS chosen to be one of the Easter Bunnies. I won’t spoil the rest of the story for you… but man, is that Mother Cottontail an inspiration! I tear up a bit when I read the story with my little bunnies too.
What’s your favorite Easter story that you like to read with your bunnies?
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leelanauchoir | April 3, 2012 at 1:14 pm
We also love the Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes!
Another of our spring favorites is The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow. We love those old classics!
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lisa | April 3, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Oh my gosh, I completely forgot about that book. I remember reading it with my mom and her crying every time. We’re at my parents’ house so I will have to look around and see if I can find it. We’ve been reading lots of Peter Rabbit and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, which is not Easter-related at all, but another oldie that we’ve rediscovered while at my parents’.
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