by Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator)
As anti-gun and pro-vegetarian as you can get, The Happy Hunter is a beautiful, heart-felt story about communing with animals.
One fine day, Mr. Bobbin dons his hunting outfit and heads into the forest. Fully equipped and ready, he's forgotten one thing--that he's a hunter, as well as a vegetarian, who cannot hunt because of his great love of animals. Curiously, this is a true story. When first published in 1961, the real happy hunter had been "hunting" for 25 years.
Author Biography
ROGER DUVOISIN was born in Genva, Switzerland, and came to the United States in 1925. He wrote and illustrated 40 books, and illustrated over 100 more by other authors. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for White Snow, Bright Snow and a Caldecott Honor in 1966 for Hide and Seek Fog, both written by Alvin Tresselt. Roger Duvoisin died in 1980.