Books with title Tuk-Tuk the Rabbit

Winner of the Children's Book Council Children's Picture Book of the Year (1999). A dramatically moving allegory of colonisation told from the viewpoint of native Australian animals. This stunning picture book examines the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely unfamiliar ways. The rabbits bring new food and animals, and make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitants. The change in the native animals' environment is brilliantly depicted by Shaun Tan's illustrations, which also serve to highlight the 'strangeness' of the rabbits. The parallels with our own experience of colonisation are many; stolen children, the onset of industrialisation, and population increases.

A rich and haunting allegory of colonization for all ages and cultures, told from the viewpoint of native animals. This stunning picture book examines the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely unfamiliar ways. They bring new food and animals, and they make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitants. The parallels with our own experience are many: "They chopped down our trees and scared away our friends and stole our children..."

Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the widespread environmental destruction caused by man throughout the continent. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.Presents an allegorical story in which rabbits, an invasive species introduced to Australia, represent the Europeans who first arrived there and the subsequent environmental damage they caused throughout the continent.

Excerpt from The Alley Rabbit Mary one evening from the top of a wall, putting its small head as close as possible and talking in a low sweet voice. The waif had a story to tell, it was experiencing the hardness of the world without being embit tered. It was a mere bag of bones covered with moth-eaten fur whose dingy white was so nearly the color of its gray spots, that it pre sented a uniformly neutral tint. Its tail, a tufted bone, was about twice as long as its body. It followed Mary home and soon after its arrival a rat came out from behind the range. The small cat sprang after it and they circled the kitchen in a blur of speed and fur until the rat had a head-ou collision with the coal hod. The cat pounced upon him and the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This fantasy story is set in the beautiful countryside. Webster Lester and their tween sister Molly Rabbit - who is really a kind girl, likes painting her nails, and babysitting - get into mischief when they decide to go into the Allisons’ yard to play in the grass and snack on the flowers. They get doused with water, chased by dogs and almost snatched up by a group of little league boys. For the three rabbits, there are new dangers to face every day in the woods. Aside from trying to avoid getting caught by Mrs. Allison when they go into her garden to play, and trying to avoid getting run over by Mr. Allison’s old lawn mower, the rabbits must look out for Mr. Red Fox! Life for the rabbits is full of adventure and surprises!”