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The Tale of Peter Rabbit - by Beatrix Potter (Paperback)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit - by  Beatrix Potter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A Peter Rabbit 110th anniversary edition."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit captures the sweet mischief of childhood in a story that endears itself to young readers. In the classic style of fables, this story uses animals and their antics to teach a valuable life lesson. By describing Peter Rabbits insatiable hunger for cabbage and carrot, this speaks to young children about keeping their hands out of the cookie jar.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 - 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children's books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life. Born into a privileged Unitarian family, Potter, along with her younger brother, Walter Bertram (1872-1918), grew up with few friends outside her large extended family. Her parents were artistic, interested in nature and enjoyed the countryside. As children, Beatrix and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. Summer holidays were spent in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age. She was educated by private governesses until she was eighteen. Her study of languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Her artistic talents were recognized early. Although she was provided with private art lessons, Beatrix preferred to develop her own style, particularly favoring watercolour. Along with her drawings of her animals, real and imagined, Potter illustrated insects, fossils, archeological artifacts, and fungi. In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research on the reproduction of fungi spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901

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