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The Shepherds' War Tony Kordyban It's Detroit in the summer of 1968. Can Spencer rescue his brother from an army of KGB psychics? After all, heâs ten-and-a-half years old already. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review The quintessential cautionary tale, Peter Rabbit warns naughty children about the grave consequences of misbehaving. When Mrs. Rabbit beseeches her four furry children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden, the impish Peter naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. He quickly gets in over his head, when he is spotted by farmer McGregor himself. Any child with a spark of sass will find Peter's adventures remarkably familiar. And they'll see in Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail that bane of their existence: the "good" sibling who always does the right thing. One earns bread and milk and blackberries for supper, while the obstinate folly of the other warrants medicine and an early bedtime. Beatrix Potter's animal stories have been a joy to generations of young readers. Her warm, playful illustrations in soft colors invite children into the world of words and flights of fancy.

Once there, she gently and humorously guides readers along the path of righteousness, leaving just enough room for children to wonder if that incorrigible Peter will be back in McGregor's garden tomorrow. (Ages Baby to Preschool) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2-Over the years, Hague has re-illustrated many texts that were in the public domain. A number of his books have given new life to overlooked work and have been widely appreciated. His reinterpretation of the work of Potter, however, is egregiously unnecessary. Potter wanted her books to be small enough for little hands to hold. Hague's book is almost twice as large. Potter's book has softly colored spot illustrations, honing in beautifully on the drama or emotions of the facing pages of text. Hague's art is overblown with extraneous details that threaten to overwhelm the plot. His rabbits with enormous eyes are reminiscent of those kitschy, large-eyed waifs popularized by the Keans in the 1960s.

If Potter's books were out of print, or in danger of becoming so, one might be more receptive to Hague's version, but they are readily available and hard, if not impossible, to improve upon. Why try?-Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product Details Age Range: 3 - 7 years Grade Level: Preschool - 2 Publisher: Warne; Original edition (September 16, 2002) Language: English Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies ) Average Customer Review: By Occasional Reviewer on August 6, 2000 Format: Board book I purchased this book for our daughter when she was about 6 months old but she wasn't at all interested in it, unlike 95% of our other purchases. Then at about 12 months she picked it out for me to read it to her, and it has increasingly become a favorite.

I think the reason she didn't like it earlier on was, ironically, the same reason I readily purchased it - the beautiful watercolor illustrations. While they are very beautiful, they are somewhat muted resulting in a look that blurs all of the detail together. Of course, this is just a guess. At any rate, she now very much enjoys this book, and anticipates the action, such as Peter sneezing, or the "scr-r-ritch, scratch" of a hoe. Board books with a storyline are somewhat more difficult to find than the counting, color, alphabet, opposites, etc. kind, and my daughter has always definitely enjoyed stories. Additionally, this book teaches us there are repercussions for our actions, but in a tone that is mild and appropriate for young toddlers. If this is what you're looking for, and you're not looking for storybooks for a younger baby, this would be an excellent choice. Full text of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" See other formats The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: The Tale of Peter Rabbit Author: Beatrix Potter Release Date: January 30, 2005 [EBook #14838] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT *** Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Ronald Holder and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( [Illustration] THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER [Illustration] FREDERICK WARNE FREDERICK WARNE First published 1902 Frederick Warne & Co., 1902 Printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London [Illustration] [Illustration] Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were-- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree. 'Now my dears,' said old Mrs.

Rabbit one morning, 'you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.' [Illustration] [Illustration] 'Now run along, and don't get into mischief. I am going out.' Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella, and went through the wood to the baker's. She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns. [Illustration] [Illustration] Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries: But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor's garden, and squeezed under the gate! [Illustration] [Illustration] First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes; And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley. [Illustration] [Illustration] But round the end of a cucumber frame, whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor! Mr.

McGregor was on his hands and knees planting out young cabbages, but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out, 'Stop thief!' [Illustration] [Illustration] Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden, for he had forgotten the way back to the gate. He lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes. After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket. It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new. [Illustration] [Illustration] Peter gave himself up for lost, and shed big tears; but his sobs were overheard by some friendly sparrows, who flew to him in great excitement, and implored him to exert himself. Mr. McGregor came up with a sieve, which he intended to pop upon the top of Peter; but Peter wriggled out just in time, leaving his jacket behind him.

[Illustration] [Illustration] And rushed into the tool-shed, and jumped into a can. It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so much water in it. Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden underneath a flower-pot. He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each. Presently Peter sneezed--'Kertyschoo!' Mr. McGregor was after him in no time. [Illustration] [Illustration] And tried to put his foot upon Peter, who jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants. The window was too small for Mr. McGregor, and he was tired of running after Peter. He went back to his work. Peter sat down to rest; he was out of breath and trembling with fright, and he had not the least idea which way to go. Also he was very damp with sitting in that can. After a time he began to wander about, going lippity--lippity--not very fast, and looking all round.

[Illustration] [Illustration] He found a door in a wall; but it was locked, and there was no room for a fat little rabbit to squeeze underneath. An old mouse was running in and out over the stone doorstep, carrying peas and beans to her family in the wood. Peter asked her the way to the gate, but she had such a large pea in her mouth that she could not answer. She only shook her head at him. Peter began to cry. Then he tried to find his way straight across the garden, but he became more and more puzzled. Presently, he came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-cans. A white cat was staring at some gold-fish, she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail twitched as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny. [Illustration] [Illustration] He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe--scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Peter scuttered underneath the bushes.

But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. His back was turned towards Peter, and beyond him was the gate! Peter got down very quietly off the wheelbarrow; and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes. Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not care. He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden. [Illustration] [Illustration] Mr. McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scare-crow to frighten the blackbirds. Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home to the big fir-tree. He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit-hole and shut his eyes. His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes. It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight! [Illustration] I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.

His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter! 'One table-spoonful to be taken at bed-time.' [Illustration] [Illustration] But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper. THE END End of Project Gutenberg's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT *** ***** This file should be named 14838.txt or 14838.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Ronald Holder and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties.

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We think candy is dandy, but this is also the perfect time of year to focus our mental energy on cute little bunny rabbits hop, hop, hopping down bunny trails. For instance, earlier this month, a public art installation called Intrude, featuring five seven-metre-high illuminated inflatable rabbits, popped up in Brookfield Place in Toronto’s financial district for a pre-Easter visit. "They represent the fairy tale animals from our childhood — a furry innocence, frolicking through idyllic fields," artist Amanda Parer’s website explains. "Intrude deliberately evokes this cutesy image and a strong visual humour to lure you into the artwork, only to reveal the more serious environmental messages in the work." So grab a non-hazardous chocolate rabbit, kids, and we’ll satisfy your bunny cravings with our prestigious list of the Top 5 Rabbits of All Time: 5. THE PLAYBOY BUNNY ASSOCIATED PRESS FREDERICK WARNE & CO / THE ASSOCATED PRESS One of the original illustrations from "The Tale of Peter Rabbit." Peter Rabbit has appeared in more than 250 reprints of the 1902 work written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter.

The resumé: Yes, we realize this might not be the most appropriate bunny at this family-friendly time of year, but it is easily one of the most iconic images in modern pop culture. For the record, we are talking about Playboy magazine’s logo featuring the stylized silhouette of a rabbit wearing a tuxedo bow tie. The thing is, the legendary rabbit-head logo almost didn’t exist. Hugh Hefner initially planned to call his magazine Stag Party with a human-looking stag as its mascot, but when Stag magazine threatened a trademark lawsuit, Hefner renamed his magazine Playboy. According to online reports, the magazine’s art director, Art Paul, created the rabbit logo as an endnote for the second issue, but it was immediately adopted as the company’s official logo. In the 1960s, on a whim to challenge readers, Playboy began concealing the rabbit logo on the magazine’s cover. By the mid-’70s, they were reportedly flooded with calls from readers who couldn’t find the hidden bunny, so they began offering hints on the contents page.

Hefner has said he settled on the rabbit for its "humorous sexual connotation." And now that it no longer publishes nude photos, you can definitely read it for the articles. 4. THE ENERGIZER BUNNY The resumé: As soon as you hear the phrase "He keeps going, and going, and going..." you know exactly who we’re talking about. The iconic mascot of Energizer batteries in North America is a pink toy rabbit who sports sunglasses and blue-and-black sandals while hammering away endlessly on a bass drum bearing the Energizer logo. This annoyingly cute pink bunny first hopped onto our television screens in a 1989 ad created to mock a commercial by rival battery supplier Duracell. In the Duracell ads, a set of battery-powered drum-playing rabbits gradually slow to a halt until only a toy powered by a copper-top battery is still active. In the Energizer parody, the pink bunny enters the screen beating a big, bass drum and swinging a mallet over his head.

The original slogan boasted "Nothing outlasts the Energizer." Then came a famous series of realistic-looking ads for fictional products — Sitagin Hemorrhoid Remedy, Nasotine Sinus Relief, TresCafé Coffee — in which the action was suddenly interrupted by the unstoppable Energizer bunny storming through. In 1994, Energizer celebrated a milestone when it launched a bunny-inspired hot-air balloon. Notes the company website: "He was taller than the Statue of Liberty, had size 98 EEEEE feet and was held together with 84 miles of thread... and, no, we’re not full of hot air! The Energizer Bunny Hot ‘Hare’ Balloon went on to paint the skies pink for nearly two decades." In 1999, Advertising Age magazine placed the bunny on its list of the Top 10 Brand Icons of the 20th Century, citing him as "the ultimate symbol of longevity, perseverance and determination." The ads may have begun to fade, but the phrase "Energizer Bunny" is now slang for anyone or anything that goes on for an indefinite amount of time. Like this column. 3.

PETER RABBIT POSTMEDIA HANDOUT / DISNEY ENTERPRISES Rabbit (from left), along with Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Owl, Winnie the Pooh, and Christopher Robin in a still from the 2011 Disney animated movie. The resumé: Back when we were just a little columnist, our mom and dad used to read us the adventures of this naughty little bunny to send us to Dreamland. Peter was easily the most famous anthropomorphic critter featured in the classic children’s stories created at the dawn of the 20th century by English author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. With his trademark blue jacket, Peter made his literary debut in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, wherein he disobeys his mother’s orders and sneaks into Mr. McGregor’s garden, munching as many vegetables as he can before he is chased away by the farmer, losing his jacket and shoes in the process. The farmer uses Peter’s duds on a fancy new scarecrow, while the thieving bunny return home weary and has to be put to bed with a bit of a scolding and a dose of chamomile tea.

Peter pops up in five more books between 1904 and 1912, most notably in The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, wherein Peter and his cousin return to the garden, retrieve the lost clothes, snitch some onions and are captured by the farmer’s cat. Potter reportedly named her long-eared hero after a pet rabbit she had as a child, and the first story was written as a letter to comfort Noel Moore, the ailing five-year-old son of the author’s former governess, Annie Moore. Earlier this year, to mark 150 years since the author’s birth, Potter’s much-loved bunny became the first character from children’s literature to appear on a U.K. coin. 2. RABBIT (FROM WINNIE THE POOH) CNS HANDOUT WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT "Can't you see you're next? Yes, you're next. You're so next!" The resumé: OK, we know Rabbit kind of piggybacks on the popularity of Winnie the Pooh, but it’s hard not to like this cranky worrywart.

Winnipeggers have a special place in their heart for all the characters in the Pooh stories, because, as everyone should know by now, the real-life bruin that inspired author A.A. Milne to create his fictional bear of little brain was named after our beloved city. Rabbit and Christopher Robin’s other beloved animal buddies star in a series of classic books and poems, not to mention countless animated Disney movies and TV specials. Pooh’s long-eared, neurotic friend makes his first appearance in the 1926 book Winnie the Pooh, then returns in 1928’s The House at Pooh Corner. Most of artist E. H. Shepard’s illustrations for the books are based on Christopher Robin’s stuffed animals, but the drawings of Rabbit resemble a living creature, one that walks on two legs and uses his paws as hands, of course. In the books, Rabbit is a take-charge bunny who hatches elaborate plans — such as the one to "unbounce" Tigger — that frequently go wrong. In the Disney adaptations, Rabbit is a fierce gardener with a notoriously short temper, though he still loves his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Notes Disney.Wikia: "Rabbit is a complex character... he is easily frustrated, often due to the chaos caused (unintentionally) by his friends, mainly Tigger... Rabbit is often shown to be the one to take charge of a situation, but he can often be a control freak... However, Rabbit does have a softer side and will do anything to help another when he is needed." You know, the guy who always points out the error of your ways. That’s Rabbit. 1. BUGS BUNNY The resumé: "Eh, what’s up, doc?" What’s up? We’ll tell you what’s up! We’re talking about arguably the most recognizable cartoon character in history, the first to grace a postage stamp, the only rabbit on this list to win an Oscar and get his own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. We’re talking about Bugs Bunny, the animated wascally wabbit, best known for starring roles in more than 150 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros. Bugs is the only cartoon character big enough to cast shade on Mickey Mouse.

Calling this carrot-craving rabbit with the wisecracking personality and penchant for pranks an icon is a huge understatement. According to LooneyTunes.wikia.com, Bugs and his catchphrase — "Eh, what’s up, doc?" — have appeared in more films than any other cartoon character. The Oscar-winning rabbit made his debut in Tex Avery’s 1940 film A Wild Hare and has been tormenting Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam for the past 76 years. Along with films and shorts, he has starred in countless TV series, comic books, video games, amusement park rides and commercials. In 2002, TV Guide compiled a list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time, and the smart-aleck Bugs landed in the No. 1 spot. We know what you are thinking. You are thinking: "Hey, what about the Easter Bunny?" Well, we thought about putting him on the list, but then we realized the holiday icon only works one day a year. Don’t tell him we said that, though, or he might skip our house on Sunday. doug.speirs@freepress.mb.ca

Question: Which P.R. first appeared in a 1902 book, in which he lost his jacket and shoes?
Answer: PETER RABBIT