5/18/2023 0 Comments Book rabbit hillA master of dialogue, Lawson bestows on each animal just the kind of voice he deserves, from Uncle Analdas's hillbilly dialect, to Phewie Skunk's use of words like "garbidge", to the noble Southern drawl of Father Rabbit. We also hear them exactly as we're supposed to, which is where the humor comes in. One of those horrible people who's really good at more than one thing, Lawson drew his own pictures, highly detailed and hilarious, so we see the animals exactly as we're supposed to. Lawson's talking animal tale is definitely worth reading for two reasons-his sense of humor, and his illustrations. In the hands of a lesser author, that kind of book wouldn't be worth reading. The new Folks get there, and it turns out they're really nice and generous, and soon their bountiful garden is feeding everyone, and everything ends happily ever after. The story is surprisingly basic: the animals are anxious to see what kind of Folks are going to inhabit the big abandoned house on which they used to depend for food and protection. This is certainly true in the case of Rabbit Hill, Robert Lawson's fun romp through the world of rabbits, porcupines, skunks, mice, and other animals awaiting the arrival of new adult tenants of the house on the hill. It's sometimes helpful to remember the historical context of a given Newbery Medal winner to understand why it was chosen.
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