I'm sorry if you are all bored with looking
at these, but I wanted to include them while I had the full set. These are
the final eleven books in the series. You can see the first twenty in two
previous posts here and here. Some
of my favourite Little Grey Rabbit books are in this selection. Can you guess
which ones they are?
No. 21 Little Grey Rabbit's Paint-Box. First published in 1958, this copy a first thus edition published in 1970. Hare
found a sketch book filled with pictures and took it home to show Grey Rabbit.
Then Wise Owl gave Grey rabbit a paint box and soon the animals were painting
pictures for themselves.
No. 22 Grey Rabbit finds a shoe. First published in 1960, this copy a reprint published in 1962. Little Grey Rabbit finds a shoe in the
meadow near her woodland home. A tiny
red shoe that would only fit an elf or a fairy...
No.23 Grey Rabbit and the circus. This a 1st edition published in 1961. One morning Squirrel, Hare and Little Grey
Rabbit see what looks like a striped toadstool in their field. On closer inspection,
they realise it's a stripy tent - the circus has arrived!
No. 24 Grey Rabbit's May Day. This a 1st edition published in 1963. Little Grey Rabbit is busy preparing for
May Day, there's going to be a procession, songs and dancing around the May
Tree.
No. 25 Hare goes shopping. This a 1st edition published in 1965. Moldy Warp tells Hare about a bright red,
roaring, snorting kind of house on wheels (a red bus) and now Hare wants to go for
a ride.
No. 26 Little Grey Rabbit's pancake day. This a 1st edition published in 1967. Hare finds an old frying pan and Grey
Rabbit, Squirrel and Hare decided to give a pancake party. When all the pancakes are finished Hare finds
another use for the pan…
No. 27 Little Grey Rabbit goes to the North Pole. This a 1st edition published in 1970. Hare has always wanted to visit the North
Pole, and so he persuades Little Grey Rabbit and Squirrel to join him on a
Polar expedition.
No. 28 Fuzzypeg's brother. This a 1st edition published in 1971. There is great excitement in the Hedgehog family at the arrival of Little Urchin, and Fuzzypeg is very proud of his new baby brother. Mr Hedgehog makes him a hammock of rushes as a day-bed, and Little Grey Rabbit and all her friends come to visit the new baby..... Scarce and pretty Little Grey Rabbit book.
No. 29 Little Grey Rabbit's spring-cleaning party. This a 1st edition published in 1972. When Grey Rabbit discovers a cobweb in the
corner of her neat little house, she decides its time to do some spring
cleaning. She enlists the help of Squirrel and Hare, but they soon receive some
surprises when they discover various creatures have made their homes in
unexpected places. Tommy Dormouse is hiding up the chimney; there is a bat
behind a picture, a ladybird behind the curtain and daddy-long-legs on the
ceiling.
No. 30 Little Grey Rabbit and the snow-baby. This a 1st edition published in 1973. It’s Christmas time, and the ground is
covered in deep drifts of snow. Little Grey Rabbit and her friends decide to
make a snow-rabbit, and as a finishing touch Hare finds a big snowball for the
snow-rabbit to hold in its paws. Suddenly, out of the snowball tumbles a tiny
white rabbit.... Super copy of very
scarce Little Grey Rabbit book.
No. 31 Hare and the rainbow. This is a 1st edition published in 1975. Have you ever wondered what's at the end of
the rainbow? Well wonder no more; join Little Grey Rabbit and her friends as they
journey to rainbows end.
Two illustrators were involved in the
making of these little books. Margaret Tempest illustrated the first 26 books and
Katherine Wigglesworth the last 5.
My favourites? The ones illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth. Do you have a favourite?
My favourites? The ones illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth. Do you have a favourite?