This is "Haredly" a Joke: Storybook Styles

Topic: For my storybook, I would like to do something that covers a lot of different geographical areas while still maintaining a central theme. With that, I would like to have a central theme about rabbits! Silly little creatures, these are, and they will tie my entire storybook together (so I am going for more of a frametale here). I know I would like to include some from the African tradition of Brer Rabbit, such as Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman. Another one I would like to include has Indian roots and depicts the rabbit in a not-as-cunning manner, titled The Foolish, Timid Rabbit.

Bibliography: 

Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman, from Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings written by Joel Chandler Harris in 1881.

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit, from Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbit, illustrated by Ellsworth Young in 1912.

Possible Styles:

Travel:  I think for this style I would have it be told from the perspective of a growing teenage rabbit who is searching out his identity and learning about all of the places rabbits actually live. I think I would set it to where he is going to visit family members in each part of the world, such as Africa for Brer Rabbit and India for the foolish rabbit. He would learn about his family, as well as try to identify with all of the different locations.

Predator: I think it would be interesting to have a cat as the narrator, or some other predator-like animal to the rabbit. He would be in search of a meal, and it could result in a pretty good book. For instance, if he travels to Africa to try and catch Brer Rabbit, Brer Rabbit would trick him out of the meal. Or he would go to India in search of a meal, and encounter the foolish timid rabbit (would the foolish rabbit get away? Stay tuned...) Plus it adds an extra theme and level of excitement to the storybook.

Pet: One idea would be to have a little girl beg her parents to get a pet rabbit. They would agree as long as she put forth effort in researching what types of things rabbits would need in order to have a suitable home. In her research, she could encounter all of the tales from the different countries dealing with rabbits. Each night, she would go to bed and dream about the rabbits she met during her research that day. For instance, she could read some Brer Rabbit tales, then that night she would have a dream that her and her mom went to the rabbit store and ended up with a rabbit just like Brer Rabbit! Sort of taking the original rabbit stories and having them be in same "pet store" setting. It allows for a bit of creativity in writing!

Abstract Narration: This would be a hard one, but I could have the story be written by "Adventure" or "Wisdom." Turning an abstract idea into the narrator, who allows the reader to go to these different places and learn lessons from each of the rabbits he or she witnessed. I don't exactly know how I would do this, but it could be a fun challenge to accept!

One of my favorite rabbits in literature, the one from Alice in Wonderland. I would hope to incorporate this in some way!

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