[.ca] Rabbit Hill (ISBN 014031010X)

Sadie's Stuff:
Rabbit Hill is a fun and exciting book. Little Georgie lives in his burrow under the Hill with Mother, Father, and Uncle Analdas in the past. Bad Times have settled over the Hill, because there hasn't been good Folks living there for a long time. How everyone wishes that good Folks would come and have a big garden, a good lawn, and fields of tender grain! One day, Little Georgie comes racing up the hill with news! There are new Folks coming! Everyone is excited but worried, too. Will the new Folks be good or bad? One day, the new Folk's car and moving van comes. They are here! They are planning a new garden too, but it's not done yet. Therefore, one night, Little Georgie has to cross the Black Road to get food. As soon as he gets to the middle, he gets run over. Mother, Father, and Uncle Analdas come running! However, the new Folks get to him first. Everyone is worried that the new Folks are torturing him! I recommend this book to people of all ages. It is an interesting, lovable, and touching story.

Not my first choice for a book:
I read this book earlier in the year and I got so bored while reading it, I almost didn't finish it. The beginning was so boreing I actually fell asleep reading it! The ending however, wasn't so bad. It was actually quite suspenseful. All in all, I think that younger children would enjoy it more than teens and adults.

Leilani's "Rabbit Hill" Book Review:
I read "Rabbit Hill" by Robert Lawson and I rate the book 4 stars. It was all realistic and the pictures described the book very well. I think that kids under ten should read the book. Unless you're reading it to a small kid as a bedtime story or just for fun, read it. It was very good and depending on who you are, then it might bring a little tear to you're eye at the end of the book. Personally I rate it an eight out of ten. Kids that are in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

Didn't fly as a read-aloud story:
Rabbit Hill is a pleasant enough story, but it didn't hold the attention of my boys (ages 5 and 7) as well as many other chapter books that I have read to them. Some of the characters are very verbose, especially Father Rabbit, who is infamous for giving long, overly formal speeches about everything. Maybe a somewhat older child wouldn't mind reading through those dialogues, but as I was reading it aloud, I kept wondering, "Are the kids as anxious as I am for this bunny to get to the point?!?" Sometimes I think the vocabulary and style of writing interfered with my children understanding what was otherwise a very sweet story whose message was very appropriate for young children. The other thing that I didn't like was toward the end of the story, after Georgie gets hit by a car and The Folks take him into their house. Uncle Analdas gets very suspicious and tries to convince all the other animals that The Folks are holding Georgie hostage and will torture him if the animals eat anything from the garden. The Folks had already done many kind things for the animals, including caring for a mouse that almost drowned in a rainbarrel. So Uncle Analdas' hate-mongering didn't seem to fit well into the story. Maybe it was intended to add some drama, but to me it was just some unnecessary ugliness. A librarian recomended this book for us, but I think it would be better for a child who is around 9 years old. The characters are likeable enough and the story, while a bit predictable, has a gentle, positive message.

A Book:
I like this book ok. It isn't very detailed that good . I recemened it for 3rd, 4th, and fifth graders.