From the safety of her home under a boathouse, Henrietta watches the other snowshoe hares hop on the lush green grass and forage for plantains. She's a little scared-venturing out into the wide world means exposing herself to coyotes, eagles, and other predators.
When Henrietta gathers the courage to leave the boathouse, she meets Rupert, a robin. Hare and bird strike up an immediate friendship.
Rupert may have wings, but it's Henrietta who dreams of travel. She wants to sail across the beautiful deep Bras d'Or Lake to explore the mountains on the other side. Rupert thinks his friend is better off where she is, but when she asks for help, he gives it willingly. After all, friends are there to support and help each other.
What Rupert and Henrietta don't realize is that robins and snowshoe hares live very different lives. A change is coming with the seasons-one that threatens to separate the two friends.
Accompanied by author Ingrid Moberger Sanborn's evocative sumi-e ink paintings, The Snowshoe Hare and the Robin grew out of Sanborn's observations of animal life in her home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
About the Author: Ingrid Moberger Sanborn and her daughters spent over twenty-five years in business together restoring and reproducing reverse paintings on glass and painted or gilded eighteenth- and nineteenth-century furniture. Examples of their work can be seen at the Gardner-Pingree House at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Now retired, Sanborn creates pastel and sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) landscapes and wildlife scenes. The Snowshoe Hare and the Robin follows her debut, The Pony and the Man.
Sanborn and her husband Wayne have a solar log home in rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. They have four adult children and six grandchildren.
