Posts Tagged ‘Tale’

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) [Paperback]

(Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, born in Kensington, London best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Educated at home by a succession of governesses, she had little opportunity to mix with other children. Potter had frogs and newts, and even a pet bat. The basis of her many projects and stories were the small animals that she smuggled into the house or obser (more...)

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...)

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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The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) [Paperback]

(Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, born in Kensington, London best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Educated at home by a succession of governesses, she had little opportunity to mix with other children. Potter had frogs and newts, and even a pet bat. The basis of her many projects and stories were the small animals that she smuggled into the house or obser (more...)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter) [Hardcover]

Amazon.com Review

The quintessential cautionary tale, Peter Rabbit warns naughty children about the grave consequences of misbehaving. When Mrs. Rabbit beseeches her four furry children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden, the impish Peter naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. He quickly gets in over his head, when he is spotted by farmer McGregor himself. Any child with a spark of sass will find Peter's adventures remarkably familiar. And they'll (more...)