Seven Little Rabbits

"Seven little rabbits walkin' down the road,

walking down the road to call on old friend toad."

Over half a million children have counted their way to sleep with these beloved seven little rabbits.

Available in its original hardcover format for the first time in twenty years, this delightful first counting book, chock full of gloriously endearing illustrations and humorous asides by two-time Caldecott-Medal-winner Barbara Cooney, is sure to be a bedtime favorite for a new generation of bunny lovers. Just the right size for little hands, the repetition and rhyme invite reader participation—right up until the moment it lulls its unsuspecting audience into slumberland.

One by one, as they walk down the road, seven little rabbits get tired and find a place to sleep.

"Seven little rabbits walkin' down the road,

walking down the road to call on old friend toad."

Over half a million children have counted their way to sleep with these beloved seven little rabbits.

Available in its original hardcover format for the first time in twenty years, this delightful first counting book, chock full of gloriously endearing illustrations and humorous asides by two-time Caldecott-Medal-winner Barbara Cooney, is sure to be a bedtime favorite for a new generation of bunny lovers. Just the right size for little hands, the repetition and rhyme invite reader participation—right up until the moment it lulls its unsuspecting audience into slumberland.

Publishers Weekly

The paper-over-board Seven Little Rabbits by John Becker, illus. by Barbara Cooney (first published in 1973), features a countdown as it follows the title septet when they set out to visit "old friend toad." In the pleasingly repetitive text, one by one the rabbits grow too tired to complete the journey; readers catch a glimpse of the toad at one point, but much of the book takes place in a friendly mole's abode, where all seven bunnies wind up for a nap. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

JOHN BECKER was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Harvard University. Besides having written several books for children, John was an actor and owned an art gallery in New York. He lived in London at the time of his death in the 1980's.

BARBARA COONEY illustrated over 100 books by the time she died in Maine in 2000. She was a two-time Caldecott award-winner, for Chanticleer and the Fox in 1958 and again for The Ox-Cart Man in 1980. She is also the illustrator of Walker's Kildee House and How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem.