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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

Julian Gough

Jim Field

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

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : OCT 8, 2026
  • Imprint : Orchard Books
  • Page Extent : 112
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781444986884
  • Price : INR 1,099
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Julian Gough

Julian Gough is the Irish author of six beloved children's books about a rabbit and a bear, four acclaimed novels about human beings, a couple of BBC radio plays and a charming stage play about an economic catastrophe caused by goats. He also wrote the ending to the computer game Minecraft (a mysterious narrative popularly known as the End Poem).

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Jim Field

Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He has illustrated many bestselling children's books, including Oi Frog! (written by Kes Gray) and The Lion Inside (written by Rachel Bright). Jim is also the illustrator of the Rabbit and Bear series, J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday. He lives near Paris with his wife and daughter.

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