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Tales of the Little Grey Rabbit #5
Squirrel Goes Skating
Squirrel, Grey Rabbit, and Hare go skating on the frozen pond but when they return home they find that Rat has eaten all their lunch.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1934
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Alison Uttley
263 books63 followersAlison Uttley (17 December 1884 – 7 May 1976), née Alice Jane Taylor, was a prolific British writer of over 100 books. She is now best known for her children's series about Little Grey Rabbit, and Sam Pig.
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October 19, 2022
You cannot fault these timeless, exquisitely illustrated books, They're so Heartwarming.
July 13, 2020
Little Grey Rabbit, Squirrel and Hare live together in a house on the edge of a wood and one cold and frosty morning Hedgehog calls on them to tell them that there is ice skating over by Tom Tiddler's Way. The threesome decide that they will go, too.
Preparations are a little chaotic but they are eventually ready to go, so leaving the door key covered with leaves, grass and a few icicles on the windowsill, they set off complete with skates and a picnic basket of goodies.
They have great fun skating all day with lots of their other friends and then, along with Water Rat, Moldy Warp, Mrs Hedgehog and Fuzzypeg, they thoroughly enjoy their picnic. Then, exhausted from their day's exertions they meander home chatting loudly, so loudly that Grey Rabbit has to tell them, 'Hush! Don't make a noise at night. Wise Owl doesn't like it.'
When they arrive home, the key is still on the windowsill but there are footprints in the snow all over the garden. Squirrel says anxiously, 'Someone's been here while we've been skating' as they all survey the remains of their food that was left behind and the dirty dishes that had been used to eat it on.
And so it proved when they go upstairs. And it is someone they know who is asleep in Squirrel's bed. So they work out an ingenious way to get the intruder out of the house. Then, after changing the bedding and generally cleaning up, to crown a fine evening their friends from the picnic arrive with a huge hamper. Mole tells them, 'I thought we would end the day with a feast.' And so they do as the interloper flees with his tail very much between his legs!
Lovely story and great illustrations by Margaret Tempest make this book a delight to read.
Preparations are a little chaotic but they are eventually ready to go, so leaving the door key covered with leaves, grass and a few icicles on the windowsill, they set off complete with skates and a picnic basket of goodies.
They have great fun skating all day with lots of their other friends and then, along with Water Rat, Moldy Warp, Mrs Hedgehog and Fuzzypeg, they thoroughly enjoy their picnic. Then, exhausted from their day's exertions they meander home chatting loudly, so loudly that Grey Rabbit has to tell them, 'Hush! Don't make a noise at night. Wise Owl doesn't like it.'
When they arrive home, the key is still on the windowsill but there are footprints in the snow all over the garden. Squirrel says anxiously, 'Someone's been here while we've been skating' as they all survey the remains of their food that was left behind and the dirty dishes that had been used to eat it on.
And so it proved when they go upstairs. And it is someone they know who is asleep in Squirrel's bed. So they work out an ingenious way to get the intruder out of the house. Then, after changing the bedding and generally cleaning up, to crown a fine evening their friends from the picnic arrive with a huge hamper. Mole tells them, 'I thought we would end the day with a feast.' And so they do as the interloper flees with his tail very much between his legs!
Lovely story and great illustrations by Margaret Tempest make this book a delight to read.
December 1, 2025
This is not the first time I have read this but I re read it again this year after rescuing it from the loft with a lot of other books. I still love this story as much as I did when I was small and Margaret Tempest does a beautiful job with the illustrations. It's lovely to enter the world of Little Grey Rabbit for a short while and imagine also living there. It's one of the books my mum read to me when I was a child so it will always have that feeling of being at home with the fire crackling, in from the cold and feeling cosy with this book. If you really need to have some time away from your real life, this book could be just the tonic.
September 7, 2021
A másik rész is nagyon tetszett és ez is nagyon aranyos volt. Szeretem a nyuszis meséket és minden volt benne, amitől egy jó kis mese volt. :)
February 16, 2023
Delightful country-lore tale from the 1930s with beautiful typescript, illustrations and endpapers.
January 11, 2024
Another lovely Christmas book from Alison Uttley. Not my favourite from her collection, but still well worth a read if you are looking for a gentle book for children.
August 7, 2011
Something I read led me to request that this little book be sent to me. I wish someone could tell me why.
It is not often that such a very short story written for children can be so unrewarding for me, so flat and cluttered at the same time. Perhaps that is its significance? Or that modern readers often miss the subtleties? (doH)
It is not often that such a very short story written for children can be so unrewarding for me, so flat and cluttered at the same time. Perhaps that is its significance? Or that modern readers often miss the subtleties? (doH)
February 6, 2019
A cute little children's book about...Squirrel going skating! My copy is in shreds, but it's still a treasure to me.
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