Alvin Tresselt provides the texts for this adorable bunny story while Leonard Weisgard illustrates. (Weisgard most often paired with Margaret Wise Brown and created some real classics with her.)
This midcentury story tells of a litter of bunnies born on the edge of the meadow and protected by their mother. As they grow, one of them ventures into the farmer's garden where she is caught and turned into a pet for the farmer's son. But she is a wild rabbit and after awhile she misses her wild freedom. Soon she makes her escape and is back in the wilderness where she belongs, building her own burrow for her own little bunnies. It's a very sweet story. I was impressed with how Weisgard's pictures create a rich natural world with a simple grey palate.
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