Little Grey Rabbit’s Washing Day

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.

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Review: Little Grey Rabbit’s Story Treasury

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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.

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