There are a couple of humans who are caretakers of the property. I also appreciated that Father rabbit corrected young Willie Fieldmouse and told him to call Porkey, 'Mister Porkey, is one of the very oldest and most highly regarded members of oru community and as such he is entitled to a certain amount of respect from flippant young people.' (p. On the other paw, one thing i was glad to see was that on his journey Georgie overcame his temptation to get distracted and instead heeded the instructions his father gave him. I know 'stupid' is not really on the bad word list but my 6y10m son thinks it is and I want to maintain that belief for a while longer. I found it unfortunate that the author chose to use the 's' word in what to this point had been a delightful book. Georgie had done well memorizing the route and proved it by reciting to his father, '.house on Long Hill: Collie, noisy, no wind Norfield Church corner: Police Dog, stupid, no nose. I thought this was one of the most fascinating parts of the book as Father prepared Georgie by quizzing him on all the dogs he would encounter along the way. A significant event involves Georgie being dispatched to carry a message to Uncle Analdas. One of their children is the central character, Little Georgie. Well, if you've got a Father and a Mother rabbit, you must have rabbit children - you know what they say about rabbits and there are a couple of stereotypical (but tasteful) references in this story. several families were said to have perished from this diabolical practice.' (p. Mother rabbit is a worrier and even worries about, 'A horrid rumor which had circulated recently, concerning a man who had attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of his automobile and stuck it down folks' burrows. Such as 'high time' which is thrown around a lot in the early pages of the book, referring to the animals relief about new folks coming, it's high time. even the other animals use some odd phrases which were probably common in the mid-1940s but sound a bit odd now. This, along with another key event, raises the Read Independently level a couple of grades. 13) who uses very large words every time he speaks. Happily, the animals rumor network reports that new Folks are coming.įather rabbit is a 'southern gentleman' (p. The house has been vacant for a while and because of the lack of 'Folks' the animals have been experiencing a food shortage.

It is an easy story about a variety of animals that live on a hill by an old house.

After the semi-dark, semi-historical Johnny Tremain, I welcomed a story about animals - surely much lighter.

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