Osbert and Lucy - Hardcover

Ferns, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060218355 ISBN 13: 9780060218355

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1989

Synopsis

When a kindly dog named Osbert Good believes that his friend Lucy the rabbit will be cooked for dinner, they run away together and learn that while some animals may miss domestication, others belong in the wild

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3-- The delightful story of a unique friendship between a dog, Osbert, and a rabbit, Lucy. After hearing their owners use the words "delicious," "rabbit," and "dinner," Osbert decides that he must prevent Lucy's apparent fate. The two decide to run away, but Osbert discovers that life in gardens with green leafy vegetables is more for rabbits than for domesticated dogs. His decision to return home is made easier by the fact that Lucy finds a mate and, it seems, will live happily ever after. This is a well-told story, beautifully illustrated. The delicately detailed drawings depict the setting of a peaceful English town. The theme of friendship between two completely different animals is well portrayed, as is Osbert's growing dilemma of how to survive outside the Good household. His ultimate discovery that the Goods never intended to eat their pet rabbit at all, but were in fact referring to the preparation of a pink jelly rabbit mold, leads Osbert not to regret his action, but rather to take pleasure in the fact that Lucy's leaving the household has resulted in her marriage to Henry Rabbit. --Karen P. Smith, Graduate School of Library and Information Study, Queens College, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0060218355
• ISBN 13: 9780060218355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 29