The Rabbits' Wedding

by Garth Williams (Author, Illustrator)

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Two rabbits decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding.

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This is a historically band picture book. This book is a product of 1958 and when it first came out, it pissed people off. This simple book is of a black rabbit and a white rabbit that like to play together. The black rabbit has small bouts of depression when they feel sad. But the white rabbits is always able to play with them and make them happy again. It turns out that the black rabbit wishes they could be with the white rabbit forever and the white rabbit says I do too. They get married, surrounded by friends and live happily ever after. Want to take a guess on why this book was hated in 1958? If you guessed racism, you are correct! At the time this book was written interracial marriage was rare, extremely frowned upon, and illegal show more in many states. This book saying that it’s okay for two to marry, and it even brings about a happy ending. This book is not currently in print and you have to find it in an library to read a copy, but our modern issues in 2023 are the same issues. We have been fighting the same things for 70+ years. This book was lovely, not just for the time it was written, but for now as well. This book should be a classic. It shouldn’t be banned, but as with many things in our society today. it is. show less
I absolutely loved this book. It was so cute! It is about two rabbits, and one is worried that they wont be together for ever, so they get married. Although it was banned at a certain point, it is one of my favorites to this day, and I honestly don't understand why they could ban a book like this.
this book is about 2 rabbits that live together and share all the fun together. The black rabbit wanted to marry the white rabbit but he doesn't know how to do the talk but soon the white rabbit ask him and he ask her about it. She accepted! then there wedding. This book is a lovely book to read....
It's been a long time since I've revisited this exquisite classic.
何ともない話のようなんだけど、何故かとても美しいものを感じる。
初めて読んだときは涙した。
2冊持っていたが1冊あげた。

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Garth Williams was born in New York City on April 16, 1912. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Art and won a British Prix de Rome as a sculptor. During World War II, he was wounded in an air raid while serving as a Red Cross ambulance dispatcher in London. He moved back to the United States and started his career as an illustrator. The first show more book he illustrated was Stuart Little by E. B. White. He went on to illustrate Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series, The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, and others. In 1958, he wrote and illustrated The Rabbits' Wedding, which became the subject of controversy because the book dealt with a marriage between a white rabbit and a black rabbit. It was attacked by the White Citizens Council in Alabama and charged with promoting racial integration and was removed from general circulation by the Alabama Public Library Service Division. He died on May 8, 1996 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Children's Books, Picture Books
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823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PZ10.3 .W6685 .RLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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