Summary
"Did a fox get Papa?" Cress Watercress is a rabbit. Home means a warren on the riverbank with Mama and Papa and baby Kip. Meals at dawn and dusk, and honey-ginger tea to help the baby with his breathing. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Mama assumes the worst --... Full description
Summary: |
"Did a fox get Papa?" Cress Watercress is a rabbit. Home means a warren on the riverbank with Mama and Papa and baby Kip. Meals at dawn and dusk, and honey-ginger tea to help the baby with his breathing. When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Mama assumes the worst -- after all, it's a dangerous world for a rabbit. Though Cress begs to stay -- what if Papa comes home and doesn't know where they've gone? -- Mama moves the family to the basement apartment of the Broken Arms, a rundown apartment tree with a menacing owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everybody's business. Could a dead tree full of annoying neighbors -- and no Papa -- ever be home? With his trademark wit, whimsy, and wisdom, Gregory Maguire -- best-selling author of Wicked -- tells a tale of growing up and moving on in the tradition of The Wind in the Willows and Stuart Little. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (4 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
03::5:2: |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 109002 KB). |
ISBN: |
9781705067796 |
Author Notes: |
He writes for both adults and children. His first book, The Lighting Time, was published in 1978. His adult works include Wicked, Confessions of and Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. The Broadway play Wicked is based on his book of the same title. His children's books include the picture book Crabby Cratchitt, the novel The Good Liar, and the Hamlet Chronicles series. (Bowker Author Biography) |