Rabbit loves her garden. Squirrel loves his. But then their delicious vegetables begin disappearing. And they have only each other to blame . . . or do they? Well, Rabbit and Squirrel don't pause to consider any other possibilities. And so, for them, there's only one option: WAR! From the team that hatched the award-winning Ugly Fish, here is a hilarious cautionary tale about how jumping to conclusions can turn minor misunderstandings into major meltdowns.
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KARA LAREAU is a children's book editor and the author of the Rocko and Spanky series. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
www.lareausisters.com
SCOTT MAGOON is an art director and the illustrator of The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating by A. W. Flaherty as well as his own Hugo and Miles in I've Painted Everything. He lives in Reading, Massachusetts.
Though Rabbit and Squirrel are both avid gardeners and next-door neighbors, they are not friends. They never share gardening tips or produce, and they never even speak to each other. One fateful day something horrible happens: Rabbit wakes up and finds her garden has been ravaged! She blames Squirrel. The next day, when Squirrel's garden has been stripped of some of his peas and tomatoes, he blames Rabbit and throws a rotten tomato at her house. Then, when all of the produce disappears, he flushes her out of her house with a hose. That is when the true culprit—a very large human gardener—arrives on the scene and chases both Rabbit and Squirrel into the dark woods. Even though they are in the woods together, they refuse to abandon their battle. The book ends with the optimistic line, "One of these days, they'll grow tired of fighting. And then, hopefully, they'll learn to grow something new." Children will enjoy the way illustrator Scott Magoon's cartoonish images reveal the human hand plucking produce from the animals' gardens, giving them information unknown to Rabbit and Squirrel. While careful listeners will observe that though Rabbit was not the first one to raid squirrel's garden, she did not hesitate to take what was left in retaliation for his first attack on her house. A lighthearted look at conflict, this story provides numerous opportunities to discuss the best methods of coping with a variety of circumstances, from being a good neighbor to avoiding jumping to conclusions. It is also an unusual addition to class units on farms and gardens. Reviewer: Keri Collins Lewis (Children's Literature )
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