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Raising Hare (Children's Edition)

By Chloe Dalton
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One winter's day, Chloe Dalton went for a countryside walk and discovered a newborn baby hare—no bigger than her hand—chased by a dog and separated from its mother. Worried for its safety, Chloe took the tiny hare home and learned how to feed and care for... Read More
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A beautifully illustrated children's edition of the Sunday Times bestseller and Wainwright Prize-winning sensation, this is the wondrous true story of a woman and a baby hare who form an incredible bond

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One winter's day, Chloe Dalton went for a countryside walk and discovered a newborn baby hare—no bigger than her hand—chased by a dog and separated from its mother.

Worried for its safety, Chloe took the tiny hare home and learned how to feed and care for it... and an extraordinary friendship began.

This is the fascinating true tale of how Chloe and the hare, with its drumming paws and distinctive charm, lived alongside each other until the time came for it to return to the wild.

But when the hare is finally ready to jump over the garden wall, will Chloe ever see it again?

Raising Hare (Children's Edition) features an afterword by Michael Morpurgo and beautiful illustrations throughout by Denise Nestor.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837266951

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Illustration: B&W line drawings throughout

Contributors:

  • Afterword by Sir Michael Morpurgo
  • Illustrated by Denise Nestor

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 141.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Raising Hare is Chloe Dalton's debut book and was an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. Chloe divides her time between working as a political adviser and foreign policy specialist in London and her home in the English countryside. Raising Hare was also shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, and was selected as a Waterstones Book of the Year and as the Hay Festival Book of the Year. It was a Critics Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews and was a Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

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