Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter, Beatrix Potter
Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter, Beatrix Potter
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Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit and Friends

Author: Beatrix Potter

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Unabridged: 3 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/24/2014


Synopsis

Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. This volume brings together twenty-one of Potter's tales and verses in one book. Hear Peter Rabbit outwit old Mr. McGregor, and Squirrel Nutkin come within a tail's length of being an owl's dinner. Listen as a family of mice save the kind tailor of Gloucester, and as Peter and Benjamin Bunny battle a barn cat. Learn how one fierce rabbit is set on the road to honesty. Although each story stands on its own, several are linked together by events and characters.

The following stories are included in this book:

—"The Tale of Peter Rabbit"

—"The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin"

—"The Tailor of Gloucester"

—"The Tale of Benjamin Bunny"

—"The Tale of Two Bad Mice"

—"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle"

—"The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher"

—"The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit"

—"The Story of Miss Moppet"

—"The Tale of Tom Kitten"

—"The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck"

—"The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies"

—"The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse"

—"Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes"

—"The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse"

—"Cecily Parseley's Nursery Rhymes"

—"The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan"

—"The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding"

—"The Tale of Ginger and Pickles"

—"The Tale of Mr. Tod"

—"The Tale of Pigling Bland"

—"The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes"

The world of Beatrix Potter is as appealing now as when it was first created at the turn of the twentieth century.

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.


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