![]() ![]() Add in the classic film Harvey and its magical rabbit character and you get this story, which adds all of those components together. Then she found out her daughter was trying to come up with an idea for a birthday gift for her. It got its start as a simple book about colors and different things that are each color. Rabbit suggests a basket, which she already has, so she arranges the fruit in a basket and heads home to give it to her mother.Īuthor Charlotte Zolotow had a lot of inspiration when writing this book. Once she’s collected all these fruits, Mr. ![]() ![]() After that, green leads them to pears and blue leads them to grapes. But she wants something else as well and adds that she also likes yellow, which leads them to bananas. Rabbit suggests a few things and when he mentions apples, she agrees and collects a few apples. He tells her she can’t give her red, so she suggests something red. He asks her what her mother likes and she tells him she likes red. Rabbit that it’s her mother’s birthday and she’s trying to come up with a good idea for a gift. The plot in a nutshell: A rabbit helps a little girl find the perfect birthday gift for her mother Rabbit,” said the little girl, “I want help.” Written by Charlotte Zolotow, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak Harper & Row, 1962 Awards: Caldecott Honor ![]()
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