One of my all-time favorite stories is "The Whispering Rabbit." It's the first story in "The Sleepy Book," by Margaret Wise Brown. The book is a lovely collection of sleepytime stories, poems and songs. It's a peaceful quiet book.
In the story, the sleepy bunny faces the unusual problem of yawning so much that a bee flies into his mouth and then falls asleep in his throat! The bunny seeks advice from the other animals and then has to problem-solve how to best put that advice into practice! I never tire of this darling story. The writing is so beautiful.
This bunny (and the whole of the book) is beautifully illustrated by Garth Williams. In addition to illustrating eleven books for Margaret Wise Brown, he is well known for his illustrations in Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Little House on the Prairie books.
The Whispering Rabbit
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