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Eleven Beatrix Potter books for a fiver. Not bad, eh? They're great books, the way they fit into a child's hand, tell an anthropomorphic story without sentimentality, use interesting language and illustrations.

Quilters get sewing for tsunami victims
SOUTH Lakeland’s outpouring of support for grief-stricken Japan shows no sign of wavering.
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Diana Wynne Jones, Children’s Fantasy Author, Dies at 76
Ms. Jones was a creator of the Chrestomanci series and other works that imagined magical worlds with a skeptical eye.
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Obituary: Diana Wynne Jones
Renowned children's fantasy and science-fiction author with a dedicated following Like many good writers, Diana Wynne Jones, who has died aged 76 of cancer, worked for long years in relative obscurity, in her case sustained as a children's fantasy author by a modestly sized but devoted young readership. That obscurity provided the freedom to develop her own voice without the distractions of ...
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The Beatrix Potter Collection

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Beatrix Potter takes her rightful place alongside Walt Disney and the Brothers Grimm as a storyteller for children of all ages, as this delightful boxed set demonstrates. The collection includes nine 30-minute animated tales (tails?) of Peter Rabbit and crew, originally--and lovingly--produced for the BBC. In The Tale of Peter Rabbit, our dear incorrigible friend Peter, along with siblings Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, is left alone for the day by their mum, who tell (more...)

Beatrix Potter: A Journal [Hardcover]

This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter’s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal features a wealth of watercolor paintings, sketches, photographs, letters and period memorabilia to recreate the world in which she lived.

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Beatrix Potter 8 x 10 Children Art Print Poster

Beatrix Potter Paper Size: 8 x 10 Children Artprint

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The Tale of Hawthorn House (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix P) [Paperback]

From Publishers Weekly

Albert's charming fourth Beatrix Potter mystery (after 2006's The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood) finds our heroine unexpectedly in possession of a foundling child, Baby Flora. The reader knows the mysteriously twinkly Mrs. Overthewall stole Flora from her teenage mother, Emily, a maid at the gloomy and possibly haunted Hawthorn House, and left her on the Potter doorstep, but Beatrix—not having read the prologue—suspects the child of having gypsy origins. Cap (more...)

Kids Preferred The World of Beatrix Potter Collectible Peter Rabbit

From the Manufacturer

This precious collectible is based upon the main character in Beatrix Potter’s classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit. He stands 11" tall and is designed with fine detailing and packaged in a keepsake box with the collector in mind. Prefect for children and those young at heart. Can be used during story time or just for simple play.

This precious collectible is based upon the main character in Beatrix Potter (more...)

Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature [Paperback]

From Publishers Weekly

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), creator of the immortal Peter Rabbit, is known as an avid writer of comical illustrated letters to friends and as an assertive marketer of her illustrations, and this lively volume also captures her energetic participation in Victorian-era natural history research and conservation. Environmental historian Lear (Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature) relates that, as a child in an upper-middle-class family, Potter sketched flowers, (more...)

Beatrix Potter Tale Peter Rabbit Art Print POSTER cute – 13×19

This poster is an image from the children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. In the center, a rabbit is shown standing in a garden holding a carrot in each hand, while taking a bite out of one of them. There is an imagine of a bunny on each corner of poster. The bottom says Once upon a time there were four little rabbits.... THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT. Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 û 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist best know (more...)

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At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit [Paperback]

Amazon.com Review

The richly illustrated At Home with Beatrix Potter will delight the many admirers of the artist and writer of children's books. Her beloved characters--Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and their whimsical friends--were inspired by the English countryside, which she grew to love during summer vacations as a girl. In 1905, at the age of 40, Potter bought Hill Top Farm overlooking Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, a region of hills and lakes famous for its glo (more...)

Beatrix Potter Benjamin Bunny #1 Art Print POSTER rare – 13×19

This poster is an image from the popular childrens story book The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. It shows a larger bunny sitting in a rocking chair holding two smaller bunnies while two others fold clothing. Displayed in the corners are four bunnies. On the bottom it says One morning a little rabbit... The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904. The (more...)