EVERYBUNNY ON MY BOOKSHELF

A PROJECT CAPTURING EVERY INSTANCE OR MENTION OF A BUNNY OR RABBIT IN THE BOOKS AND BRIC A BRAC ON MY BOOKSHELF. REFERENCES INCLUDED BELOW.

*THE FOLLOWING BOOK CONTAINS UPSETTING RACIST DEPICTIONS BASED ON MINSTREL SHOW CHARACTERS. DRAWN IN BY THE COLORFUL ILLUSTRATIONS, I ONLY NOTICED THE ANTI-BLACK CARICATURES WHEN I WENT LOOKING FOR RABBITS. I DECIDED TO INCLUDE THE IMAGES SO AS NOT TO ERASE A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF BIGOTRY AND HATE BEING PRESENTED IN A CHILDRENS BOOK FROM THE NOT SO DISTANT PAST (1969).

HERE IS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE OF THE JIM CROW MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AND HISTORY.

References:

Baker’s Coconut Animal Cut-Up Cakes, General Foods Corp. 1959

1000 Extra/Ordinary Objects, Taschen. 2005

The Wild Inside: Sierra Club’s Guide to the Great Indoors, Linda Allison. 1979

Given, Growing, Gradual Love: A Frameless Family Portrait, Jane Wong. 2015

Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works, Germano Celant. 2010

Stage Makeup, Richard Corson. 1970

Ceramic Rabbit with Broken Ear, Made in Japan

Pansy Beat, Michael Economy et al. 2017

Ibid

Prison Landscapes, Alyse Emdur. 2012

Ibid

Calico Critter ™

Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, A Merriam-Webster. 1989

Ibid

My First Nursery Songs, pictures by Fini. 1945

Ounce Dice Trice, Alastair Reid pictures by Ben Shahn.1958

Scan This Book: Over 2500 Copyright-Free Objects for Scanning and Photocopying, John Mendenhall. 2005

The Family Creative Workshop: Parades & Festivals to Piñatas, Chapter author Javier Romero. 1975

Guinness Book of Records, Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter. 1970

Fare Thee Well: A Backward Look at Two Centuries of Historic American Hostelries, Fashionable Spas, and Seaside Resorts, Leslie Dorsey and Janice Devine. 1964

Ibid

The Twenty First Century Art Book, Phaidon Press. 2014

Card inset; Friendship Valley, Wolo. 1946

The Big Noddy Book, Enid Blyton. Pictures by Beek. 1969

Ibid

Make A World, Ed Emberley. 1972

Growing With Children Through Art, Aida Cannarsa Snow. 1968

Webster’s Instant Word Guide, G & C Merriam Co. 1972

Gregg Shorthand Dictionary, John Robert Gregg. 1916

Ateco Simplified Cake Decorating, August Thompson and Co..

Ibid

Plastic Bunny Cookie Cutter

Pink googly eye