The rabbits
By: John Marsden & Shaun Tan [illustrator].
Contributors: Tan, Shaun, ill.
Publisher: Lothian Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Port Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Fiction.; Environmental degradation -- Fiction.; Allegories.; Australia -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the widespread environmental destruction caused by man throughout the continent. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Children.