SuitabookLavender
Posy Simmonds
- Reading
- Read together before discussing the outcome. Pause when Lavender is invited, when the situation becomes scary, and when the foxes meet their hungry country cousins; invite predictions without requiring them to be right.
- Themes
- Courage and caution: Lavender repeatedly worries about danger but joins the party and perseveres when events become frightening. The described ending presents Lavender's persistence as leading to her being treated as a heroine, while her initial caution is not simply dismissed.
- Pressure from friends: Other rabbits tease Lavender for being chicken, and she joins them despite initially refusing the invitation. The book leaves its stance open to more than one reading.
- Threat and protection: Town foxes who reject eating rabbits encounter hungry country foxes, and the town foxes come to the rabbits' defence. The story contrasts a stated rejection of eating rabbits with a genuine threat from other foxes, making protection central to the resolution.
- Worth knowing
- Pay attention to the contrast between Lavender's sensible caution and the rabbits' teasing. The foxes' party becomes scary, and hungry country foxes put the rabbits in danger before Lavender gets home safely.