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. […]