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| original published over 80 years ago! |
May 2015, Templar, 48 pages, Hardback, Review copy
Content: Cuteness, humour
Summary from Amazon (I don't gain anything by mentioning them)
It's time for Fuzzypeg the hedgehog to start school and he is very
excited. He leaves home and heads through the hedgerows to his village
school. When Tim and Bill Hedgehog see their cousin Fuzzypeg trotting
down the road with his fine new school bag, they want to go to school
too. But then they meet Hare and their whole day is turned upside down.
Nayu's thoughts
There
was considerable mental squee-ing when I spotted one of my childhood
favourite series' was undergoing reprinting. Little Grey Rabbit is a
timeless classic, with good homely values taught through the
enchanting tales which are matched with exquisite illustrations which
speak volumes of the scene. More than this book is being reprinted,
but understandably publishing restrictions meant that so far I've
only had this story.
Now,
confession time. I always believed Fuzzypeg should be a girl. He
doesn't look like a boy in his blue outfit, he looks like a girl,
therefore in my head every single story which featured Fuzzypeg had a
girl Fuzzypeg who simply liked blue. That didn't change how I viewed
Fuzzypeg's reactions to going to school (or Hare's scaring tactics),
Fuzzypeg is Fuzzypeg, a young hedgehog who Little Grey Rabbit cares
for like she cares for all the children.
Little
Grey Rabbit is very much a girl, and I always did – and still do –
imagine her having a life of her own, showing children the best way
to do things, and being there when they need her. I'm thrilled this
timeless read is getting the publicity it deserves, as everyone
should read about the cute rabbit who has never drifted from my
heart.
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