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Further Tales of Little Grey Rabbit

The surprise discovery of unpublished Margaret Tempest pictures was the starting point for this brand new collection of stories about the world of Little Grey Rabbit, including the Hegehog family, Moldy Warp, Hare, Squirrel and even Hare's old enemy, the Fox. Denis Judd has woven stories around the pictures, which were originally painted as gifts for a small boy. Denis has been an admirer of Alison Uttley since his wartime childhood in Northamptonshire, when his father would sometimes return home, after long hours of driving his bus, with the latest captivating Little Grey rabbit volume. recently, while researching for his acclaimed biography of Alison Uttley, he discovered in her diaries how and why she wrote the original Little Grey Rabbit books.

Charmingly illustrated and lovingly told, these little stories, which embrace a whole range of new, but related characters, will enchant existing lovers of Little Grey Rabbit and win for her many new fans.

Reviews

"The new stories...are very good indeed and breathe vigorous new life into a slightly twee world, while retaining all its essential characteristics."
- Susan Hill, The Sunday Times

"Denis Judd’s writing is more directed than Uttley’s own. He is Hedgehog, purposively delivering the milk... he has been ingenious in devising plots to fit the sketches and true, though not slavishly faithful, to his Muse."
- Christina Hardyment, Independent on Sunday

"Good news for all lovers of Little Grey Rabbit stories - of all ages! Denis Judd... being Alison Uttley’s biographer knows how to write LGR stories. All the old favourites are there and there are 13 stories in this delightful collection which will appeal to old and new fans."
- Shelley Bovey, She

"The stories are miraculously good...they catch Alison’s style and moods exactly. They grow out of the illustrations. It is a tour de force."
- Peter du Sautoy, former Chair, Alison Uttley Literary Property Trust