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| In 1958 an author by the name of Garth Williams wrote and illustrated my favorite book as a child, "The Rabbit's Wedding." My mother read this book over and over to me and I'm quite sure it's one of the first books I ever learned to read. |
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| It was a sweet love story of two little rabbits, one white and one black, who fell in love and wanted to live in the forest together forever. |
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| Little did I know that according to some politicians and "worried parents", that this book would some how encourage or influence a child's mind to believe in interracial marriage! I was a child protester and didn't even know it! |
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| E.O. Eddings, a Senator from Montgomery, Alabama wanted the book to be burned. The book was removed from several shelves and put in the "restricted section!" It just boggles the mind. |
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| But the book did stay on the shelves , the rabbits did get married and lived happily ever after, and this book remains one of my favorite books to this day. So I guess it helps my heart knowing that in my childhood,my mother was sharing a sweet story with more than one message. I'm not even sure she knew the significance at the time, but maybe she did? When I have a friend that has a new baby or now in my older years, a grandbaby, this is always one of the first presents I give to them. I Think over the years I have bought well over 40 copies. What was your favorite children's book? |
