Little Grey Rabbit and the Weasels (Little Grey Rabbit Classic Series) - Hardcover

Uttley, Alison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007102496 ISBN 13: 9780007102495

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2001

Synopsis

Little Grey Rabbit is one of the classic gems of children’s literature. The series is being relaunched, tying in with a new, beautifully animated television adaptation, and will delight children as much today as when it was first published seventy years ago.

Down in the dell live a family of Bad Weasels, but their dark little house is hidden, and they slip out and silently rob passers by.
It’s a mystery to Grey Rabbit and her friends just how things disappear down this Shady Lane…
Then one day, Grey Rabbit takes a short cut and the weasels leap out and carry off her off! Poor Grey Rabbit is forced to cook and clean for the wicked family. Whatever will she do?
As her friends hunt for her high and low, Wise Owl hears Grey Rabbit’s singing and swoops down to rescue her! Then brave Wise Owl returns to frighten off the weasels forever – making sure they leave behing everything they have stolen!

About this title

About the Author

Alison Uttley was born in 1884 in Derbyshire. She wrote about her characters, "Why do children love them? Because I believe in them." And it is easy to imagine that just over the next hill, little Grey Rabbit, quick Squirrel, bold Hare, kind Moldy Warp and little Fuzzypeg really are all going about their business.

From the Back Cover

Little grey Rabbit lives with Squirrel and Hare in a little house on the edge of a wood.

Down in the dell lives a family of Weasels, in a small dark house hidden by foxgloves. Whenever anyone walks by, the foxglove bells ring. Then the Weasels slip out and run as softly as shadows after the passer-by.

Old Hedgehog has his milk stolen by them, Speckledy Hen her eggs, Hare his handkerchief and Squirrel the green bow right off her tail!

The Weasels work with such speed and cunning that no one ever sees who is doing the thieving. Is it a magical trick?

But it's little Grey Rabbit who finds herself in the greatest danger of all, when the Weasels kidnap her.

How will she get back to the little house on the edge of the wood, back to squirrel and hare?

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007102496
• ISBN 13: 9780007102495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Tempest Margaret
• Number of pages: 48