The Club Library is a small collection of books of
interest to rabbit-lovers, owners and /or breeders of all ages. There are also
a number of newsletter from other rabbit clubs. Many of these books and
newsletter were kindly donated by various members and more books are always
welcome! We also exchange newsletters with various rabbit clubs around the
country and these are available for loan in the club library.
The Library lives in a
large box which can be brought Rabbit Shows if requested and any club member
can borrow from it. Just see me – you don’t need a library card! Or if you
can't make it to show, you can email me at
reguli@netspeed.com.au
to make a time when you can come round to my place and have a look at the
library.
Besides the Club Library,
the
Nikki White
BOOKS
American Netherland
Dwarf Rabbit Club, Raising Netherland Dwarfs. 1975, (1977 printing). Useful but remember the American
breed standard may differ from ours.
American Rabbit Breeders
Association, Standard of Perfection, 2001-2005.
Colour and b/w photos of
different breeds. Note may differ from BRC standards. Includes cavies as well
as rabbits.
Brett, Walter, Rabbit-Keeping
(extract from The Smallholders Encyclopedia). Unknown, 1950s.
Perhaps a little dated but
still much useful information in easy-to-find alphabetical arrangement.
British Rabbit Council, Articles of Constitution
& Rules
British Rabbit Council, Breed
Standards, 1996-2000. BRC, 1996
The basic reference tool
for rabbit-breeders in clubs like the CRCI which follow the BRC standards.
Gives physical descriptions, desirable weights, recognised colours, and faults.
For children. Simple texts
but good photos of growing baby Lop rabbits
Coggins, Rosie &
Vija Hone, Introduction to Colour Genetics for the Australian Rabbit Fancier.
Australian Lop Circle, 1996
Meticulously researched
& very useful for breeders
Colbeck, Arthur, Read
About Rabbits: Dutch.
Everything you want to know
about Dutch rabbits, breeding, genetics, showing, written by someone who
obviously knows and loves them. Photocopy.
Crook, Sandy, Lop
Rabbits.
Gendron, Karen, The
Rabbit Handbook. Hauppage, NJ, Barron’s, 2000.
Haggarty, Vana, Small
Pets: Rabbits (cover title: Love Your Rabbit).
Basic information &
colour photos plus drawings of types of cages and feeders and diagram of
healthy versus unhealthy rabbit.
Hearne, Tina, Care
For Your Rabbit. London, Collins, 1990 (new ed.)
Useful book with diagrams
of cages, suggested diets, drawings of some plants, first aid, ailments and a
Q&A section. "The Official RSPCA pet guide".
Hunter, Samantha, Hop
To It.
Kelsey-Wood, Dennis, Dwarf
Rabbits: Getting Started.
Lawrence, Keith &
Joyce, Hamlyn Pet Care Handbooks: Rabbits.
Another small but useful
book with drawings of plants, useful diet suggestions, etc.
Leverett, Brian, Keeping
Rabbits, a Complete Manual.
Mettle, Michael, The
Proper Care of Dwarf Rabbits.
McBride, Anne, Why
Does My Rabbit…?.
Pavia, Audrey, The Rabbit: an owner's guide to
a happy, healthy pet.
An excellent all-round
guide to rabbit-keeping covering house, nutrition, healthy, history, folklore, even
house to get the bunny to ride in a car.
Rabbit Breeders
Association of N.S.W., Constitution. RBANSW, 1988 (3 copies)
Roberts, Mervyn F., Rabbits.
Very useful commonsense
book . Good introduction.
Sandford, J. C., The
Domestic Rabbit. 3rd ed. St. Albans,
Taylor, David, Rabbit.
Very good handbook covers
most things in some detail, esp. diseases behaviour and diet.
Wegler, Monika, Rabbits:
a complete pet owner’s manual.
Very good handbook, cover
behaviour, diet, breeding, diseases.
Williams, A.E. Ted, Rabbit
Breeding for Perfection. Melbourne, Williams, 1992. Very useful book written by
experienced rabbit breeder and judge, covering care, breeds, etc. and written
with the Australian situation in mind.
Williams, Ann, Why
Keep Rabbits.
Woodward, Clive, Read
About Rabbits:
Everything you want to know
about
I’ve only put our
holdings if they are no longer being published or are no longer received by the
club.
British Rabbit Council
Yearbook; The Bunny Thymes Vol. 3, no. 10 (Oct./Nov. 1996)-vol. 3, no. 11 (Dec. 1996/Jan. 1997); C.R.C.I.
News/Rabbit Droppings; Rabbit Breeders Association of N.S.W. Newsletter
No. 3 (Oct. 1988)-no. 5 (June 1989); no. 8 (Dec. 1989)-no. 10 (Apr. 1990); no.
14 (Feb. 1991); no. 18 (Sept. 1992); no. 20 (Mar. 1993); Rabbit Fanciers
Society of N.S.W. Newsletter ; Wild About Animals, no. 4 (Apr.
1994); Your Favourite Pet, vol. 1, no. 1-v.2, no.2; v. 2, no. 4-v. 2,
no. 6 [undated but ca. 1994-1995]; NSW Rabbit Association Newsletter; South
Australian Rabbit Club newsletter ; WARCI newsletter (Western
Australian Rabbit Council); R.B.A.T. newsletter (Rabbit Breeders
Association of Tasmania); Rabbit Habit (Rabbit Breeders & Exhibitors
of NSW); Rabbit Council of New Zealand newsletter; Lop news (Lop
Society of New Zealand)
SOME USEFUL BOOKS ON RABBITS FOR YOU TO PURCHASE
Many of the books can be purchased locally in Australia though you may have to ask your bookshop to order them in.
Crook, Sandy, Lop Rabbits. Neptune City, NJ, T.F.H., 1986. ISBN 086221379
Gendron, Karen, The Rabbit Handbook. Hauppage, NJ, Barron’s, 2000. ISBN0764112465
Harriman, Marinell, The House Rabbit Handbook. 3rd ed., Alameda, Calif., Drollery Press, 1995
Hunter, Samantha, Hop To It. Hauppage, NY, Barrons, 1992. ISBN 0812045513
Kanable, Anna, Raising Rabbits. Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1977 ISBN 0878573143
McBride, Anne, Why Does My Rabbit…?. London, Souvenir Press, 1998 ISBN 0285635506
Pavia, Audrey, Rabbits for Dummies. New York, Wiley, 2003. ISBN 076450861X
Sandford, J.C., The Domestic Rabbit 5th ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science, 1996. ISBN 0632038942
Taylor, David, Rabbit: a Practical Guide to Caring for Your Rabbit. London, HarperCollins, 1999 ISBN 0004133773
Vriends-Parent, Lucia, The New Rabbit Handbook. Hauppage, NY, Barron's, 1989 ISBN 0812042026
Wegler, Monika, Dwarf Rabbits. Hauppage, NJ, Barron's, 1992 ISBN 0812013522