What do You think about The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (2002)?
This is my and my children's favorite Potter story. While other reviewers consider it a simple morality story for perhaps 3 year olds, my children have loved it well into their teens and even 20s. Why? It helps to read it aloud with a lot of very dry aplomb. No moralizing! Just remember that if the fierce rabbit hadn't stolen the carrot, it might have been the good bunny getting shot by the hunter! The fierce rabbit is so cocky in his naughtiness with his little paw on his hip while he eats his stolen carrot. And the entrance of his downfall: "This is a man with a gun." You have to keep it very dry, almost droll, because it really can be a very humorous story.
—Karen Cook
I thought this author's biographical note was interesting: " The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit had been written especially for editor Harold Warne's little daughter, Louie, who had told Beatrix that Peter was too good a rabbit, and she wanted a story about a really naughty one!" That made me smile.I thought Jill would be frightened by the hunter with his gun shooting at the rabbit. But again I proved to be more sensitive than my daughter, or perhaps she just doesn't realize the implications of hunting yet. Either way, she enjoyed the tale (and the missing tail!).
—Mimi
In the beginning of this book the Timid Good Rabbit, as a reward for his timidity and goodness is given a carrot. Of course, the Fierce Bad Rabbit, because of his feirosity and badness is not. So he decides to take the Timid Good Rabbit's carrot. The climax of the book comes when you see a picture of the hunter, and the only words on the page are "This is a man with a gun." Now the 'man with a gun' is really a brilliant portrayal of human-kind, I believe with the gun representing the amount of
—Melissa
