![]() ![]() She returns to the country where "by and by she had a husband and then one day, much to her surprise there were twenty-one Cottontail babies to take care of." She brings them up exceedingly well, teaching them to be responsible, self-reliant and cooperative by requiring them to help in the vegetable garden and with the housework. She applies, only to be scorned by the elite Easter bunnies, "big white bunnies who lived in fine houses" who tell her to "go back to the country and eat a carrot." The book is the story of Cottontail, a small, brown mother bunny who aspires to be an Easter bunny, which, in this telling, is a highly competitive position for which only five bunnies are selected each year. Before turning it into a book, Heyward used to tell the story to his own children. Īccording to James Hutchisson, professor of English at The Citadel, the book is probably based on a story made up by Heyward's mother, Jane Screven DuBose, and told to Heyward when he was a child. ![]() ![]() The book, which has never been out of print, has come to be regarded as a feminist and anti-racist statement. ![]() The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes is a 1939 children's picture book written by DuBose Heyward and illustrated by Marjorie Flack. ![]()
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