From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:40:47 -0500 Subject: List Serve FW: Bunny Cotton-Tail Event Grant County Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35012FA4233DC4@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
Bunny Cotton-Tail
The Most Famous Bunny of All
In Southwest Wisconsin
Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage
LANCASTER ROAD & MADISON STREET, PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN
ON
SUNDAY – JUNE 14
(RAIN DATE JUNE 28)
1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
The lovable children’s book The Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail by Laura Rountr
ee Smith will come to life on the grounds of the Mitchell-Rountree Stone Co
ttage, Platteville, Wisconsin on Sunday, June 14, (Rain Date June 28,) as B
unny Cotton-Tail Day makes its début.
The Grant County Historical Society is honored and pleased to present an af
ternoon of Bunny Cotton-Tail activities for children of all ages with Girl
Scout Cadet Troop 2 Platteville. .
Activities begin at 1:00 p.m. with the introduction of the newly created Bu
nny Cotton-Tail Garden. The recently created garden offers pathways and ne
w features for visitors as they tour the countryside of Bunny Cotton-Tail.
Visitors will discover the Bunny Cotton-Tail story-board complete with col
ored illustrations of the adventures of Bunny.
Following the unveiling of the Bunny Cotton-Tail Garden the newly created B
unny Cotton-Tail Puppet Show will begin. The puppet show will be presented
by the Fever River Puppeteer Company of Hazel Green, Wisconsin.
An instrumental component of the Bunny Cotton-Tail Day is the important rol
e of the Girl Scout Troop 2. The girls and leaders and planned, developed,
and designed the activities, games, face painting, story telling, puppet m
aking, presenters, prizes, and all of the equipment needed for the first Bu
nny Cotton-Tail Day.
The story and later series of Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail was created and wri
tten by Platteville author Laura Rountree Smith. Laura Rountree Smith was
an elementary classroom teacher who created Bunny Cotton-Tail tales for her
students as a way of teaching them various lessons. Her first Bunny Cotto
n-Tail book was published in 1905.
Tours of the Mitchell-Rountree Stone Cottage and grounds will be offered th
roughout the afternoon.
Join us as we celebrate the first Bunny Cotton-Tail Day for a f
amily afternoon of Bunny tales, games, crafts, tours, and discovery. Refres
hments will be available. For additional information call 608-348
-9229 or go the Grant County Historical Society website www.grantcountyhist
ory@org.
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