Bound To Stay Bound

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 On the other side of the forest
 Author: Robert, Nadine

 Publisher:  Greystone Kids (2021)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [65] p., col. ill., 28 cm

 BTSB No: 758456 ISBN: 9781771647960
 Ages: 3-8 Grades: K-3

 Subjects:
 Rabbits -- Fiction
 Father-son relationship -- Fiction
 Forests and forestry -- Fiction

Price: $23.26

Summary:
Some say that wolves, ogres, and giant badgers live in the forest beside Arthur's house. That's why no one ever goes in there, to see what's on the other side. But one day, Arthur's dad has an idea--a magnificent idea! Build a tower to look over the treetops! But a magnificent idea takes a lot of work. Will the villagers join and help them? And when the tower takes shape, what will they see on the other side?

 Illustrator: Dubois, Gerard

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (01/15/21)
   Booklist (03/01/21)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 03/01/2021 In this Canadian import translated from the French, a little brown rabbit, his dad, and his dog live in a clearing surrounded on all sides by the towering dark trees of an impenetrable forest. One day, Dad decides to construct a tower high enough to see what's beyond the trees. Father and son work hard baking bread to sell in exchange for big stones. The structure grows until a terrible thunderstorm destroys the scaffolding, and the stones fall to rubble. Too exhausted to bake more bread, Dad collapses . . . until “something MAGNIFICENT happens!” While Dad sleeps in exhaustion, the neighbors come and rebuild the tower, creating complex ramps, scaffolding, pulleys, and buckets so that it is even higher than before. The charming text and dreamy artwork, which features industrious rabbits in clothes, convey the quality of an old-fashioned folktale, while the intricate details recall the extraordinary structures built by the characters in Arthur Geisert’s pig books. Certainly a story “for all brave people with big ears!” - Copyright 2021 Booklist.

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