House Rabbit Reading Room
Here are our favorite rabbit care, behavior, and reference books. Through a special arrangement with Amazon.com, you can purchase these books online, and Amazon will give 15% of the proceeds to House Rabbit Society. Thanks Amazon!
In addition, if you access the Amazon Homepage through any one of our links ( like this one), 5% of the purchase price of anything you buy at amazon.com! So always use this page to get to Amazon so all your purchases can help support House Rabbit Society.
In addition, we receive funds for each new Amazon.com customer we refer, so if you've been sitting on the fence take the plunge and give it a try!
House Rabbit Handbook
by Marinell Harriman
Packed with the collected wisdom of bunny-lovers and charming, candid photos of their pets, this manual tells readers how to successfully integrate a rabbit into one's life. Harriman includes the latest in veterinary information and helpful how-to sections on care and feeding.
Stories Rabbits Tell A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature
Susan E. Davis and Margo DeMello
"No other book has depicted rabbit behavior in such a meaningful way, while pointing out incongruities in human thinking that allow such high or low regard for the same animal. This is an extraordinary book, long overdue and extremely informative. It contributes to human awareness of the nature and position of rabbits and should be read by everyone who cares about animals of any kind." -Marinell Harriman, Founder, House Rabbit Society
Purchase from Leith Perkwerks
($7 per copy purchased through Leith goes to HRS!)
Rabbits: Gentle Hearts, Valiant Spirits
Marie Mead and Nancy LaRoche
In Rabbits: Gentle Hearts, Valiant Spirits, Marie Mead has authored twenty uplifting stories based on actual events. Many of the stories are about rabbits originally rescued by the House Rabbit Society, The Fund for Animals Rabbit Sanctuary, Brambley Hedge Rabbit Rescue, or the Best Friends Animal Society. Despite the fact that most of the stories begin with rescues from traumatic situations, the happy endings of these true accounts will leave readers inspired.
Purchase from Leith Perkwerks
($7 per copy purchased through Leith goes to HRS!)
Bunnies in Boats
Rob Styler
"This book is a wonderful story for children and adults alike, and each book purchase we inspire helps rabbits; that makes it even more heartwarming." Margo DeMello, Administrative Director, House Rabbit Society
Purchase from Bunnies in Boats
(Up to $7 per copy purchased goes to HRS!)
($7 per copy purchased through Leith goes to HRS!)
Why Does My Rabbit...?
by Anne McBride
Rabbit owners can avoid a lot of headaches if they keep their pet's natural instincts in mind. Addresses many problems that rabbit owners have with their pets and suggests probable causes with solution. The history of domesticated rabbits and the behavior influences of their wild ancestry is used to many aspects of rabbit behavior.
Creating a Peaceable Kingdom: How to Live with More Than One Pet
by Cynthia D. Miller
This book fills the void for those animal lovers who choose, or are chosen, to live with more than one pet, and want to maintain a harmonious and clean household. The book is full of tips for creating an efficient care routine, introducing animals to one another, and keeping all the animals and people of the houshold healthy and happy.
Are You the Pet for Me?: Choosing the Right Pet for Your Family
by Mary Jane Checchi
This book is intended for people who aren't sure what kind of companion animal is suitable for their family. It provides basic information on how to care for a variety of animals, including rabbits.
by Samantha Hunter, Samantha Fraser
Offers some useful tips on training your rabbit. However, it's important to remember the advice is based on experience with only a single rabbit, and the info is a bit outdated - it hasn't been updated since it was first published in 1991.
The Biology of Rabbits and Rodents
by Drs. Harkness and Wagner
The Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents has long been considered a "classic" in veterinary medicine. Now in its fourth edition, this essential work remains a practical, easy-access manual that spans the diverse needs of both practitioner and researcher. Drs. Harkness and Wagner have carefully rewritten and extensively updated their practical, trusted resource.
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Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents : Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Edited by Elizabeth V. Hillyer
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Why Animals Matter The Case for Animal Protection
Erin E. Williams and Margo DeMello
"A comprehensive, up-to-date, passionate and above all, compassionate account by two people who are knowledgeable about animals, and even more important, love them." -Jeffrey Masson, author, When Elephants Weep, The Pig who Sang to the Moon
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When Only the Love Remains
This 240 paged hardcover book is the author's journey though the grief following thesudden and untimely death of her precious pet rabbit, Poochie. Her writing helped her recover from her death, is a memorial toher glorious life, and is already helping others to deal with theirgrief upon the death of a beloved pet friend.
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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul : Stories About Pets As Teachers, Healers, Heroes, and Friends
by Jack Canfield (Editor)
If you enjoy hearing stories about people who love their pets, and go out of their way foranimals, this collection of stories is for you. This book relates the unconditional love, loyalty,courage and companionship that only animals possess.
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