Hare and the Big Green Lawn

By Katharine Crawford Robey

Hare decides to grow a meadow of wildflowers instead of a lawn

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873588894
• ISBN13: 9780873588898
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.2" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Hare And the Big Green Lawn

I give this children's book as a baby shower & birthday gift because I consider it a classic. The story is about animals living together in a community where one of them is a little different. The hare is a visionary and his neighbors are nay-sayers but a beautiful meadow becomes their common ground. The detailed illustrations are for the delight of adults as well as children, for example, the hare has a copy of Watership Down beside his easy chair. This would be a great book to give at Easter because of the hare & meadow themes.

Lovely - hooray for Hare!

The grass might look greener on the other side of the fence, but when Hare leaves the countryside and moves into a new house, he discovers that his grass--a stubby new lawn--might be green, but it doesn't feel like home at all. While his neighbors toil in the hot sun, trying to keep their turf going, Hare wisely naps in the shade and lets Nature create a beautiful meadow. Soon Hare's patch of earth is the envy of all, bursting with orange, blue, and red wildflowers. Kids will enjoy Hare and his animal neighbors, as well as the beautiful, brightly-colored illustrations. Delightfully told, this story is a must for every child's bookshelf.

Lifts the heart

THE HARE AND THE BIG GREEN LAWN Hare bought a house with a huge lawn of green grass, but while his neighbors, Skunk, Bobcat and Raven, work hard to keep up their lawns of clipped, perfect grass, Hare relaxes and waits. His lawn dies, rain turns it into mud. His neighbors frown, but Hare knows just what he's waiting for. The outcome is one of color and fragrance that brings his neighbors together. The book is filled with color and colorful characters and the ending lifts the heart and makes me want to go out and start a wildflower garden. While, at first, the book may appear to reward laziness, the objective is quite different--valuing the beauty of our native plant and animal life. It is a call back to what is really important for our environment and our lives. Beautifully done. ---Author's Choice Reviews: Carolyn R Scheidies

I loved this book!

Hare left the countryside and moved to a small house at the end of a street. He loved his new home but didn't like his wide expanse of short green grass. Not to worry! He would fix it so that it looked like the countryside. Everyone on Hare's street worked very hard on their carefully manicured lawns and expected him to do the same. But Hare allowed the grass to wilt and turn brown and he waited and waited. Soon the yard became filled with weeds. When the winds blew and the rain fell, magical things began to happen. Soon wildflowers bloomed and flourished. The neighbors, Skunk, Bobcat and Raven, noticed that Hare's lawn didn't look weedy or messy anymore. It looked like a beautiful meadow! Hare and the Big Green Lawn is an educational book for children that helps them understand that there are different ways to view beauty. The illustrations are filled with wonderful animal friends that children will enjoy. Armchair Interviews says: With spring's arrival, Hare and the Big Green Lawn is a great way to introduce children to the growing season, conversation, new birth and beauty.