Hare B&B
A hilarious story of love, resilience, inn keeping and restorative justice…that looks quite a lot like revenge.
Description
After her parents are duped by a coyote who is a master of disguise, Harriet (“Harry” for short) and her seven younger siblings are left to fend for themselves. Their only resource is their parents’ now-empty bedroom, so Harry suggests they open a “hare bed and breakfast. ” It is a great success. Then, the coyote comes calling again, and is served her comeuppance with breakfast. A charming and witty tale about love, family, resilience, and inn-keeping from an award-winning author.
Awards
- Short-listed, Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award 2021
- Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens 2021
- Commended, The Globe 100 2021
- Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award 2022
Reviews
“In this latest offering from highly-acclaimed author Bill Richardson, sly humour and subtle whimsy result in an offbeat tale of family love, hotel hijinks and crises averted (with molasses and feathers, no less).”
- Atlantic Books Today
“An amusing and very relevant cautionary tale.”
- Kirkus
“A little dark, a whole lot of clever and completely charming.”
- CanLit for LittleCanadians
“Richardson’s witty wordplay might be the hook here, but readers will want to stick around for the satisfying molasses-and-feathering.”
- The Globe and Mail
“A reader’s first impression of “Hare B&B” is of how beautifully and insightfully integrated the words and pictures are. Even on the cover and the immediate inside pages the illustrations, playfully sketch-y and delicately coloured — are full of detail and underscore the joyful resilience of the story (its wordplay kicking off with the title). And what a story — it holds excellent life lessons and standards in a lightly “Series of Unfortunate Events” tenor.”
- The Telegram