 First hardcover edition, 1958 | |
| Author | Garth Williams |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Garth Williams |
| Cover artist | Garth Williams |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Juvenile fiction |
| Published | April 30, 1958 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 32 |
| OCLC | 60097060 |
The Rabbits' Wedding is a children's picture book created and illustrated by American author and illustrator Garth Williams, who came to the fore as a writer after his success as an illustrator with Stuart Little.[1] The Rabbits' Wedding was published on April 30, 1958, and depicted the love affair and wedding of two bunnies, one white and one black. The following year it became the center of a controversy in the state of Alabama when Edward Oswell Eddins, State Senator from Marengo County, claimed the book was "propaganda for integration and intermarriage".[2] Alabama's State Library Agency director, Emily Wheelock Reed, faced censorship challenges over the book at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the American South.[3]
Williams illustrated more than 70 books, the majority by other authors; The Rabbits' Wedding was the last of those he wrote. As of 2000[update], according to the Los Angeles Times, it remained in print.[2]
- ^ Gussow, Mel (May 10, 1996). "Garth Williams, Book Illustrator, Dies at 84". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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