Your Rabbit: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing

by Nancy Searle

Overview

Designed for children ages 9 and up who are interested in raising rabbits, this comprehensive guide covers all aspects of rabbit care with an encouraging tone and age-appropriate language. Nancy Searle provides expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, safety, and understanding rabbit behavior. Whether your child is hoping to keep rabbits as pets or breed them for showing, Your Rabbit has everything she’ll need to know to confidently raise happy and healthy animals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882667676
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	01/08/1992
Series:	Storey's Your Ser.
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	335,204
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.06(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Author of two Storey books, Nancy Searle is a Cooperative Extension Service Agent who has worked with 4-H programs for over ten years in Massachusetts, where she resides. She has written Your Rabbit and Your Goats. Nancy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts, and is a member of the American Rabbit Breeders Association. Nancy has received acclaim from School Library Journal's writer Eldon Younce: "A definitive guide for young readers, this is so thorough that even those experienced in raising rabbits would find it helpful. FFA members, 4-Hers, and pet owners will be pleased to find this title on the shelf."

Table of Contents

A Few Words to Parents

Introduction

1 Choosing Your Breed of Rabbit

2 Choosing Your Rabbit

3 Handling Your Rabbit

4 Rabbit Housing

5 Feeding Your Rabbit

6 Taking Care of Your Rabbit's Health

7 Breeding, Birth, and Care of Newborns

8 Showing Your Rabbit

9 Marketing Your Rabbit

10 Managing Your Rabbitry

11 Activities for Young Rabbit Owners

Helpful Sources

Glossary

Index

Editorial Reviews

Gr 5 Up-- A definitive guide for young readers, this is so thorough that even those experienced in raising rabbits would find it helpful. Like Simmons's Your Sheep (Garden Way, 1992), the main text covers the inner two-thirds of each page. A vertical line separates that from the outer remaining space; there, terms are defined, additional information appears, and important facts are repeated. Some of the black-and-white illustrations also appear here. The smoothly flowing, second-person narration covers such topics as selecting the breed, choosing the first rabbit, handling, housing, feeding, health, breeding, care of newborns, marketing, and management. Drawings, charts, and barely average black-and-white photos appear throughout. A ``helpful sources'' section offers several mail-order rabbitry suppliers and a complete listing of each state's Cooperative Extension Service. The volume concludes with an extensive glossary and index. FFA members, 4-Hers, and pet owners will be pleased to find this title on the shelf.-- Eldon Younce, Harper Elementary School, KS

School Library Journal