| Now the youngest Potter fans will be able to join Peter Rabbit as he makes his mischievous romp through Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden with this charming new board book version of the classic tale. |
| "Peter, " - said little Benjamin, in a whisper - "who has got your clothes? " |
But Nutkin sat upon a big flat rock, and played ninepins with a crap apple.
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1962
| This shaped board book in a large trim size is the perfect way to introduce young children to the wonderful world of Beatrix Potter. Complete with original illustrations and simplified text from each tale, children will delight in sharing the adventures of Peter Rabbit. |
| "Ah! Is that so? Indeed! " said the gentleman with sandy whiskers, looking curiously at Jemima. |
| Beatrix Potter had owned her first Lake District farm, Hill Top in the village of Near Sawrey, for a year when she began work on The Tale of Tom Kitten. She shows Tom and his sisters living in the farmhouse and getting into mischief amongst the flowers of the beautiful cottage garden that she had created herself. |
| & quot;That's a pair of mittens belonging to Tabby Kitten; I only have to iron them; she washes them herself."& As a child Beatrix Potter had known a charming old Scottish country washerwoman called Kitty MacDonald. In The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winklethe heroine, Lucie, meets a similar small, round, twinkly-eyed washerwoman; but this one has prickles under her cap and does the laundry for some surprising customers. |
But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold!
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1970
| Hunca Munca has got the cradle. more] |
1967
| Out stepped a little live lady mouse, and made a curtsey to the tailor! more] |
1930
| The six Flopsy Bunnies have a narrow escape from Mr. McGregor's garden. |
| Then old Mrs. Rabbit took a basket and her umbrella and went through the wood to the baker's. She bought a loaf of brown bread and five currant buns. |
1981
First she fell asleep in her chair, and then she went to bed. & quot;Will it ever by tidy again? & quot; said poor Mrs. Tittlemouse. &
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1985
| Relates how the barnyard collie and pups rescued Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot. |
Then Timmy Tiptoes came out, and went home with an umbrella.
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1974
| Peter Rabbit And Friends includes four stories: The Tale Of Peter Rabbit; The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny; The Tale Of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle; The Tale Of Ginger And Pickles. |
| These shaped board books in a small trim size are the perfect way to introduce young children to the wonderful world of Beatrix Potter. Complete with original illustrations and simplified text from each tale, children will delight in sharing the adventures of these four timeless characters. |
2003
| They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank underneath the root of a very big fir tree. |
1983
| One place suits one person, another place suits another person. For my part I prefer to live in the country, like Timmy Willie. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is based on an Aesop Fable, but Beatrix Potter sets the story in the Lake District. The town mouse, Johnny, lives under the floorboards of a house in Hawkshead, and the country mouse, Timmy Willie, in a cottage garden. As she confesses at the end, the author's sympathies lie with the country mouse. |
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