Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... and how friends can manage in a not-quite-perfect world. Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. ''A perfect animal double-act.'' The Times , Book of the Week Rabbit is fed up. Spring has come, but it''s not as perfect as he thought it would be. Bear thinks that if they work hard, they can make it better. But Rabbit has a Plan. He sets off across the lake in search of a perfect world. Crossing the water together, Rabbit and Bear learn many things, and discover that their perfect world may be closer at hand than Rabbit had thought. A story of hope, friendship, and an entire island made of bird droppings. ''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 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!

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Jim Field is an award-winning illustrator, character designer and animation director. He has won multiple awards including the BookTrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Oscar's Book Prize, Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards and The Lollies Book Award. He regularly collaborates with Rachel Bright (THE LION INSIDE), Kes Gray (OI FROG!) as well as writing and illustrating his own bilingual books in the MONSIEUR ROSCOE series. ****Julian Gough is a novelist, playwright, poet, musician, and script-writer, who is currently helping develop an exciting new scientific field called evolutionary cosmology at theeggandtherock.com. Born in London, he grew up in Ireland, spent many years in Berlin, and now lives in California. Among other things, Julian wrote the ending to MINECRAFT, the most successful computer game for children of all ages. He likes to drink coffee, think about the universe, and occasionally steal pigs.