The Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf by Sara - First Edition - Children's Books, Kids Books, Collage, Paper Cutouts, Fables, Forest Animals

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First American edition of The Rabbit, The Fox, and The Wolf by French artist Sara. Torn paper cutouts assembled into collages tell the story.

Illustrated by Sara. 1991, first American edition. (First published in France.) Orchard Books.

In a wordless story told with torn paper cutouts assembled into collages of brown, black, white, and red, we meet Rabbit making his way through the forest. Suddenly, he's aware of being watched. We see a shadow. It's Fox. Rabbit hurries on but Fox picks up the pace. Rabbit begins to run and Fox begins the chase. As Fox leans in, we see a darker, bigger shadow loom into view. It's Wolf. He watches Fox and Rabbit, and enters the chase. Not to beat Fox to Rabbit but to stop him. Wolf and Fox tangle, and Wolf prevails and Fox lives on to hunt another day. But Wolf turns to Rabbit, big and menacing, and they appear to argue, over what we can only imagine. Then Rabbit suddenly appears larger and Wolf backs down. In the end, Wolf and Rabbit become friends and Wolf gives Rabbit a ride on his back.

Sara (1950 - ) is a French artist, winner of a Golden Apple for children's illustration at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2005. Her other children's books include Across Town and Boat On The Water/Bateau Sur L'eau.

Condition*: Near Fine/Very Good. The dust jacket has a small closed tear on the bottom corner.

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