Alison Uttley wrote Little Grey Rabbit’s Washing Day during WWII, her son who was inspired by their laundry drying on the line suggested the plot. According to Country Child, Uttley preferred it to Water Rat’s Picnic and chuckled as she wrote it.
Tag: Book Review
Little Grey Rabbit’s Birthday
Little Grey Rabbit’s Birthday
Illustrations by Margaret Tempest.
Alison Uttley wrote Little Grey Rabbit’s Birthday around the end of 1941, along with Hare Joins the Home Guard but it was not available to the public until December 1944. I like to imagine she received letters from children wanting to know Rabbit’s birthday, or because her characters were “real” that they naturally would have a detail like a birthday.
The Tales of Little Grey Rabbit
In 2000, Little Grey Rabbit was adapted as a television animation series by Cosgrove Hall Films[1]. Each episode was a ten-minute adaptation of a Grey Rabbit book. The character designs and backgrounds were based on Margaret Tempest’s illustrations, and according to Cosgrove Hall Ate My Brain, the series was “drawn animation”.
Unfortunately it seems that the series was only released on VHS by Reader’s Digest, so until a DVD set is released or it becomes available streaming, the tie-in books are a decent option for getting a partial experience of the animated series if you missed out on the original airdates. I would dearly love to hear the voice actors; I imagine Hugh Laurie’s voice suited Hare perfectly. Continue reading “The Tales of Little Grey Rabbit”
Review: Little Grey Rabbit’s Story Treasury
Little Grey Rabbit is the heroine of a collection of Animal genre-fantasy stories by Alison Uttley. The first book, The Hare, the Squirrel, and the Little Grey Rabbit was published in Great Britain in 1929 and first illustrated by Margaret Tempest. The books are slice of life type stories that usually deal with Grey Rabbit and her friends outwitting an enemy, celebrating a holiday, or enjoying an activity.
Continue reading “Review: Little Grey Rabbit’s Story Treasury”
Little Grey Rabbit Scholar 