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Ten Little Rabbits [Paperback]

Virginia Grossman (Author)

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Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; New edition edition (Feb 1 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811810577
ISBN-13: 978-0811810579
Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 24.8 x 0.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 181 g

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #436,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This winner of the Parents Magazine "Best Book of the Year" award is a simple counting book that celebrates Native American culture--and rabbits, of course. Each of Sylvia Long's detailed, painterly double-page illustrations has an old-fashioned quality that gives the book the feel of classic children's literature from the turn of the century. The accompanying text is a simple, rhythmic series of rhyming couplets. "Three busy messengers sending out the news" has three rabbits using one of their blankets to send smoke signals across a grassy river valley; "Four clever trackers looking for some clues" shows intrepid little hunters with bows and arrows examining the enormous paw-print of a bear. After "Ten sleepy weavers knowing day is done," an extra panel shows one rabbit hunched over a campfire while the other nine sleep soundly. A cut above the mass of counting books. (Baby to age 4) --Richard Farr --This text refers to the Board book edition.

From Publishers Weekly

"There is a great deal of information and entertainment packed into this unusual counting book," said PW about this clever introduction to Native American culture. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Reinforces Negative Steryotypes of Native Americans, Dec 9 2002

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This book reinforces many stereotypes about Native Americans, including ideas like "they all wear feathers and live in tepees." Books and songs like this, which count Indians as if they were objects, are considered derogatory and offensive to most Native Americans. If you don't understand this, try saying the words to the rhyme "one little, two little, three little Indians" and substitute "whitie," "Jew," or any other racial or ethnic group in place of "Indian." Would a book like this ever sell or even be tolerated? Help to teach your children or students to view Native Americans as a diverse group of people with many highly developed cultures!

Positive books about Native Americans...
-Do not count them or treat them as objects.
-Do not use words like "victory," "conquest," or "massacre" to distort historical events.
-Do not use insulting terms such as "brave," "squaw," "papoose," "Indian givers," or "wild Indians."
-Do not teach "Indians" only at Thanksgiving, but as a regular part of American history.
-Show Native peoples as separate from each other, with unique cultures, languages, spiritual beliefs, and dress.
-Depict modern day Native Americans as well as those from history. (Yes, they are still here, and no they do not live in tepees.)
-In general, be careful of books about Native Americans that are not written by a Native author and/or do not specify which tribe or nation the story depicts.

Some good books to start with are: those by Joseph Bruchac such as "How Chipmunk Got His Stripes," and "Eagle Song," "Byron Through the Seasons" by La Roche Children, "Mama's Little One" by Kristina Heath, "Jingle Dancer" by Cynthia Leitich Smith Swamp, "Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message" by Jake Swamp, and "A Rainbow at Night: The World in Words and Pictures" by Bruce Hucko and Navajo Children.

If you are looking for a counting book, why not try "Ten Little Bunnies" by Robin Spowart, Eileen Christelow's series of Five Little Monkey books, "123 A Family Counting Book" by Bobbie Combs, or "Counting Kisses" by Karen Katz?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Little Rabbits, Oct 4 2003

C. Hibbard (Geneva, Il USA) - See all my reviews
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This was OUR bedtime book for both of my boys when they were very little. We knew it by heart and could chant the text at times of stress to calm them down. WE/I love this book. Just read it again to my 8 year old and am going to buy it for my 2 month old nephew!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful Counting book, Dec 8 2002

N. C. Walker (Mashantucket, CT) - See all my reviews
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Having Native American children I am always looking for books for them. I purchased this for my 18 month old (hard cover version). He loves to look at it. He will pull it out at least once a day to look at it. I've even noticed his 8 year old brother sneaking a peek more than once. I love the vibrant, without being bright, illustrations. They are intracate yet simple. The rabbits are adorable. The book starts with one rabbit and continues through to 10. The rabbits are in Native American regalia and doing traditional Native activites

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for indian study and patterns.
I have read this book to my first grade class during a unit on indians as well as used the patterns in the blankets during a pattern unit in math. Read more

Published on Oct 29 2000 by Teri

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise for "Ten Little Rabbits"
A clever variation on the 10 little Indians theme, this book adds instead of subtracts, and no one gets killed. Read more

Published on April 23 2000 by Winslow Bunny