Cecily Parsleys Nursery Rhymes, Beatrix Potter
Cecily Parsleys Nursery Rhymes, Beatrix Potter
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Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

Author: Beatrix Potter

Narrator: Joan Walker

Unabridged: 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/27/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

In Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, Beatrix Potter's delightful and lifelike illustrations of animals accompany well-known nursery rhymes such as Goosey Goosey Gander, This Little Piggy and Three Blind Mice, themselves rewritten to refer to Potter's own recurring characters. Inspired by Potter's own childhood favorite illustrator Randolph Caldecott, who often depicted nursery rhymes with illustrations of animals, Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes has delighted children and adults alike since its release in 1922.

About Beatrix Potter

British author and artist Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated many children's books in the late nineteenth century. She is best known for her enchanting tales and endearing drawings of woodland creatures in human clothes, most notably Peter Rabbit. Her stories are simple and direct; it was important to Potter to not "write down" to the young listener or reader. Her beloved classic stories remain popular throughout the world today.

Potter was born on July 28, 1866, in Kensington, London, to a wealthy Victorian family. She was educated by governesses who encouraged her to write and who taught her art and music. When she was twenty-seven, she drew a picture and wrote a story for a sick friend about four little rabbits. Nine years later, the now-classic story "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was published, and it became an overnight success.

Potter's literary work diminished after 1918 because her eyesight deteriorated. She devoted her last thirty years to raising Herdwick sheep and investing in real estate. Potter was the first president of the Herdwick Sheepbreeders' Association, which still exists today. Potter died on December 22, 1943, in Lancashire. She bequeathed fourteen farms, including Hill Top Farm, the setting of several of her books, and 4,000 acres to the British National Trust.


Reviews

Goodreads review by [ J o ] on May 15, 2019

Number 23 and I am done. Sadly the final two books in the Peter Rabbit Collection were a little dull: plain rhymes that were often just well-known nursery rhymes. But fortunately, I now consider myself a Beatrix Potter fan. I was always led to believe that Beatrix's tales were twee and somewhat pathe......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on December 20, 2022

A short book of bits of, or occasionally whole, well-known nursery rhymes, as well as possibly some Beatrix Potter originals. It looks like a way to showcase her illustrations – which are magnificent. Might be a way of introducing children to some nursery rhymes, giving the them completed rhyme afte......more

Goodreads review by Kimberley on February 20, 2020

full of whimsy and nonsense but the good kind......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 01, 2021

Another little book with silly rhymes. I love all the illustrations!......more

Very colorful and cute illustrations......more