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Tom's Rabbit: True Story from Scott's Last Voyage

Tom's Rabbit: True Story from Scott's Last Voyage

by Bert Kitchen (Illustrator), Meredith Hooper (Author)

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    Hardcover 1998

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Synopsis

It's Christmas day in the Antarctic, and Tom the Sailor is looking for a safe, cosy place on board ship for his pet rabbit to make her nest. At last Tom settles her in the hay, where she gives birth to 17 babies. This imaginative picture book is based on the diaries by men from Captain Scott's second expedition in 1910, in search of the South Pole. The original Tom - Tom Crean - was an Irishman. He later sailed with Shackleton before returning to scttle in Ireland. Meredith Hooper's warm, observant text is beautifully complemented by Bert Kitchen's stunning, detailed paintings of shipboard life and amazing Antarctic scenery.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 32
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Published: 14 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0711211833
ISBN 13: 9780711211834

Media Reviews
Hooper's text crackels with life throughout. The Guardian
Author Bio
Meredith Hooper was born in Australia. She is a Visiting Research Fellow in the History of Science at the Royal Institution, and a member of the Association of British Science Writers. Recently, she spent six months in Antarctica as a writer with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. Bert Kitchen studied Textile Design, Drawing and Painting at the Central School of Art in London. He has worked for Private Eye, and is now a full-time author and illustrator of children's books. He has collaborated with Meredith on various titles in the new Cambridge Reading Series.