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Author Fox, Jennifer, 1976- author.

Title Napoleon vs. the bunnies / J. F. Fox, Anna Kwan.

Publication Info. Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2021]
©2021

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB NAPOLEON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B NAPOLEON    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Head-to-head history
Head-to-head history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "A funny, quirky picture book based on a little-known historical event -- and an introduction to one of history's most notable figures, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte's most crushing defeat is widely thought to have been at the Battle of Waterloo -- but have you heard about that time he was defeated by a horde of cute, fluffy bunnies? We call it Bunnyloo. It was the summer of 1807, after Napoleon and Tsar Alexander of Russia signed a treaty to end war between their two empires. Napoleon decided to celebrate with a rabbit hunt. His chief-of-staff, Louis-Alexandre, gathered as many rabbits as he could -- but got one crucial detail wrong. The rabbits he gathered were domesticated rabbits, so accustomed to human contact that they didn't scatter as expected -- they hopped towards Napoleon and his cohorts. The men shooed, swung and swatted, but it was no use. They were surrounded. When the rabbits started climbing up his legs and onto his hunting jacket, Napoleon became quite shaken, jumped back into his carriage and fled. Napoleon was a tough customer. He had ridden straight into cannon fire without a second thought. But everyone is scared of something -- even the bravest of the brave -- and it seems that for His Imperial and Royal Majesty, that "something" was the bunnies. The last page of the book will be a note with more information about Napoleon, and what we know about the ill-fated rabbit hunt. Research tells us that this event really did happen, and that Napoleon -- though amused at first -- really did abandon the hunt when he realized the rabbits were not going to retreat."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Juvenile literature.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. (OCoLC)fst00035482
History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
France -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Rabbits -- Juvenile literature.
Humor in literature.
Genre/Form Creative nonfiction.
Informational works.
Picture books.
Humor.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Kwan, Anna, 1991- illustrator.
Added Title Napoleon versus the bunnies
Note At head of title: Head-to-head history
ISBN 9781525302022 (hardcover)
1525302027 (hardcover)
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