Mother Rabbit's Son Tom
Dick Gackenbach
Hardcover
(Harper & Row, Publishers, Aug. 16, 1977)
Includes two stories. Hamburgers, Hamburgers: Young Tom does not eat the tender spring dandelions or good white corn of fall. He only eats hamburgers. When Mother Rabbit worries that he will someday "turn into one great big hamburger," Tom decides to teach HER a lesson. Tom's Pet: Tom likes pets too. he wants a big dog, a cat, a frog, even a chicken.... "No, no, no!" Mother Rabbit says each time. But Tom does not give up, and one day he brings home a very special "pet."