DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
Miracles can come in all shapes and sizes, both large and small. We have a wild green belt area above our house in between another large house above us. Living up there is a variety of wildlife from feral cats, to raccoons, to coyotes, snakes and squirrels. Over the last 2-3 years in the spring, […]
A Rabbit’s Escape and the Lesson Waiting at Home
In Harcourt’s Great Adventure, Katherin B. FitzPatrick writes about a tame rabbit who thinks the world outside his hutch must be better. Harcourt belongs to Jimmy, a boy who feeds him and cares for him, but the green hills beyond the yard pull at his curiosity. One open door is all it takes. Harcourt slips […]
Finding Steady Ground When Ambition Meets Unexpected Boundaries
What can young readers learn from a rabbit who escapes his hutch and runs toward the forest, hoping to be free? In Harcourt’s Great Adventure, Katherin B. FitzPatrick presents freedom as exciting, but also uncertain. Harcourt wants open fields, fresh grass, and life beyond Jimmy’s care. At first, the forest seems like everything Harcourt imagined. […]
So, What Can You Learn from A Rabbit Anyway?
Children’s books have a special way of hiding big ideas inside simple tales. Harcourt’s Great Adventure by Katherin B. FitzPatrick is a perfect example. It follows a tame rabbit named Harcourt. He lives in a cozy hutch with a boy called Jimmy. One day the door swings open. Harcourt hops out, drawn by the tall […]