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Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits Christmas Gift Edition

Book 1: The hilarious modern classic and next step from picture books
By Julian Gough
Series: Rabbit and Bear
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NEW in a gorgeous hardback gift edition with foil on the cover, this modern classic is the perfect present for Christmas. A brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. 'A... Read More
Format: Hardback
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NEW in a gorgeous hardback gift edition with foil on the cover, this modern classic is the perfect present for Christmas. A brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend.

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NEW in a gorgeous hardback gift edition with foil on the cover, this modern classic is the perfect present for Christmas. A brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend.

'A perfect animal double-act.' (The Times, Book of the Week)

Bear wakes up early from hibernation. If she can't sleep, then at least she can make a snowman. Rabbit has never made a snowman, but he definitely wants to make one that's better than Bear's.

But with an avalanche and a hungry wolf heading his way, Rabbit soon realises that it might be nice to have a friend on his side.

From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, this is a tale of friendship, gravity, and just a little bit of poo.

Rabbit's Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in children's fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them.' Neil Gaiman

Shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards

Read all the Rabbit and Bear books:

  • 1. Rabbit's Bad Habits
  • 2. The Pest in the Nest
  • 3. Attack of the Snack
  • 4. A Bite in the Night
  • 5. A Bad King is a Sad Thing
  • 6. This Lake is Fake!
  • 7. The Bog of Frogs

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444986884

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jim Field

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

Julian and Jim's Rabbit and Bear books have been shortlisted twice for the Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards, and also for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award.

Julian Gough is a novelist, playwright, poet, musician and script-writer. He was born in London, grew up in Ireland and now lives in Berlin. Among many other things, Julian wrote the ending to MINECRAFT, the world's most successful computer game for children of all ages. He likes to drink coffee and steal pigs.

Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He grew up in Farnborough, worked in London and now lives in Paris. His first picture book, CATS AHOY!, written by Peter Bently, won the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize. He is perhaps best known for drawing frogs on logs in the bestselling OI FROG! He likes playing the guitar and drinking coffee.

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