| Author | Robert Lawson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robert Lawson |
| Cover artist | Robert Lawson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children novel |
| Publisher | The Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1944 |
| Media type | Hardcover, paperback |
| Pages | 127 pp |
| Followed by | The Tough Winter |
Rabbit Hill is a novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945.
Contents |
Plot introduction
The story takes place in an area called Rabbit Hill. The animal inhabitants are suffering as the house nearby has been abandoned for several years and the untended gardens have withered to nothing. Now, a new family is moving in to the house however, are they hunters or friendly gardeners who will share their crops with them?
Literary significance & criticism
Printings of the book beginning in the 1970s and continuing today have removed the character Sulphronia, the new occupants' cook. This was done because she was originally depicted as an African American stereotype.[1]
Film and Television
"Little Georgie of Rabbit Hill" was a 1967 television adaptation for NBC Children's Theatre.
Footnotes
- ^ Newbery and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, an Annotated Bibliography, Linda Kauffman Peterson, Marilyn Leathers Solt, 1982, G.K. Hall & Co.
| Preceded by Johnny Tremain |
Newbery Medal recipient 1945 |
Succeeded by Strawberry Girl |
