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The gingerbread rabbit

After a mother makes a gingerbread rabbit to surprise her daughter, the rabbit magically comes to life.

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Main Author: Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
Other Authors: Williams, Garth (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 1996.
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Rabbits > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Gingerbread > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:After a mother makes a gingerbread rabbit to surprise her daughter, the rabbit magically comes to life.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1964.
Physical Description:55 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:0062050877
0060527684
Author Notes:Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee on May 6, 1914. He earned a bachelor's and master's degrees from Vanderbilt University. His first book of poetry, Blood from a Stranger, was published in 1942. During World War II, he served with the Army Air Force as a control tower operator. His other books of poetry include Little Friend, Little Friend; Losses; and The Lost World. He won the National Book Award in 1961 for The Woman at the Washington Zoo.

In addition to writing poetry, he reviewed it during a brief period spent as poetry editor for The Nation. Poetry and the Age and A Sad Heart at the Supermarket are collections of his essays as a poetry critic. His teaching career included stints at Kenyon College, the University of Texas, Sarah Lawrence College, the University of Illinois, and the University of North Carolina/Greensboro. He also was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate. He was hit by a car in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and died in October 14, 1965 at the age of 51.

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