The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes is a 1939 children's picture book written by DuBose Heyward and illustrated by Marjorie Flack.

[1][2] According to James Hutchisson, professor of English at The Citadel, the book is probably based on a story made up by Heyward's mother, Jane Screven DuBose, and told to Heyward when he was a child.

She returns to the country where "by and by she had a husband and then one day, much to her surprise there were twenty-one Cottontail babies to take care of."

She brings them up exceedingly well, teaching them to be responsible, self-reliant and cooperative by requiring them to help in the vegetable garden and with the housework.

Caroline Kennedy calls the heroine of Country Bunny her "all-time favorite character" from a childhood book: "I see her now as a woman who re-enters the work force after raising a family — 'leans in,' and does it all — much better than the big Jack Rabbits.