Why Lapin's Ears Are Long and Other Tales of the Louisiana Bayou

by Sharon Arms Doucet

Book Overview

No creature is as good at being bad as Lapin, a no-good, no-count, do-nothing rascal of a rabbit down the banks of a Louisiana bayou. The truth is, as long as there are fools to be fooled, Lapin... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0531300412
• ISBN13: 9780531300411
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Awesome and Adorable!!

We love this book!!!! I read this to my son who is 9 1/2 years old and has ADD. He has such a short attention span with any book I read to him. He actually looked at the photos and listened to me read this book without taking his eyes off of it. The rabbit is cunning and the wildcat part is histerically funny, we laughed and laughed. Thank you and You need to keep writing more funny books about this funny rabbit, wildcat.

I Love this Bunny!

I was enchanted by Br'er Rabbit when I was a small child. Now as an adult, I find myself emamoured with Compere Lapin! "Why Lapin's Ears Are Long" is a truly delightful story of a mischevious rabbit who knows what he wants, usually gets it and sometimes a little more than he bargained for. It's easy to find yourself laughing while reading this story aloud with a Cajun accent. The stories and illustrations are equally wonderful! Hope Madame Doucet plans to write more Lapin tales!

Excellent vocabulary & wonderful illustrations; captivating

I participate in a program in California called Rolling Readers. I am currently reading to a class of third graders. The children were enthralled with the book both with the stories and with the illustrations. They begged me to find more stories of Compere Lapin's antics. I cannot imagine a more successful book from their point of view.

It turns reading aloud into a cultural event

The pronunciation guide is the subtle difference in this children's book. Granted, the stories are amusing and the illustrations captivating but the real enjoyment comes from reading the story to a child "in character."