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30 pp.
| National |
October, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-7922-7070-3$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Bert Kitchen.
It's Christmas on an Antarctica-bound ship, and Tom must find a quiet place for his pet, Little Rabbit, to build a nest. After a long search, Little Rabbit beds down and delivers a Christmas surprise--seventeen babies. The story is a bit slight, but the textured illustrations provide a vivid glimpse of shipboard life. An author's note on the endpapers gives additional information about the real voyage on which the story is based.