The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (The World of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit)

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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 chil...more
Hardcover, 70 pages
Published September 16th 2002 by Warne (first published December 16th 1901)
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Jack Kirby and the X-man
A true classic.

I don't recall reading Beatrix Potter as a child - but of course you seem to absorb the stories seemingly through societial osmosis.

I certainly look forward to reading the rest of the Peter Rabbit books. I note with interest in the inside cover that this book has been translated into Latin, which I suppose would be useful if we had a time machine!

Leaving behind the book itself you have to tip your cap at whoever does Beatrix Potter's tie-ins. Without even realising it I was readin...more
Melissa Cooney
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
‘Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sand-back, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.” Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail are good little bunnies who listen to their mothers advice and stay out of Mr. McGregor’s garden. Despite the fact that his father was eaten by the McGregors, Peter can’t resist all the wonderful vegetables that are inside the gar...more
Elma Branigan
The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The tale of Peter Rabbit focuses on the theme of being naughty and good. This tale will allow children who behave in mischievous ways to see the consequences of their actions.
Peter Rabbit enjoys getting up to mischief whereas his three siblings Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail always do as they are told by their mother.

One day, the rabbits’ mother allowed the children to go along and play in the fields or down the lane but she warned them not to go anywhere near Mr Mc Gregor...more
Vrinda
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter is a classic picturebook for intended readers, N-P. It is a captivating tale of a mischievous rabbit that disobeys his mother, venturing into the forbidden garden of Mr. McGregor. Being sighted and chased, in his dash to escape, he stumbles into obstacles, ultimately learning the valuable lesson of what it means to listen and follow the rules.

Miraculously, Peter manages to sneak out of the garden, but at the expense of returning home sick, and drenched...more
Joshua Cummins
The Tale of Peter Rabbit takes you on a journey with naughty Peter who is lucky to be alive after such adventures. When is mother leaves for the baker's, he is told one thing; 'don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.' Peter's siblings, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail went down the lane to gather blackberries, for they always obeyed. But Peter could not resist and the first thing he did was go to Mr. McGregor's garden and feaste...more
Sabera Din
One of the first books I remember being bought as a child was The Tale of Peter Rabbit and having read it many times it has become a favourite! It tells the story of a mischievous rabbit who, against his mother’s advice, decides to venture into Mr McGregor’s Garden. Peter eats his way through a variety of foods in Mr McGregor’s garden before he is caught by the farmer and what ensue are his attempts to escape from the garden!
The story carries a strong theme of the consequences of not following i...more
Brittany Hastings
Grade Level: K
Lexile: 660
Main Character: Peter Rabbit, 3 sisters, Mother Rabbit
Setting: Garden
POV: 3rd Person
Genre: Fantasy

-Summary: Peter Rabbit is a mischievous little rabbit that lives with his mother and his three sisters. Peter is not allowed to play in the garden. His sisters follow the rules and never try to play in the garden. However, one day Peter decides to break the rules. The book follows Peter as he is chased throughout the garden by the owner, Mr. McGregor. He soon escapes and goe...more
Saretta
Queste storie di Beatrix Potter sono piccoli gioielli per la letteratura infantile.
Il racconto ha un chiaro fine morale: i bambini ubbidienti alla fine hanno dei vantaggi rispetto ai disubbidienti (che se poi uno applica questa morale all'Italia la cosa non torna così bene), però, morale a parte, ci sono le illustrazioni.
Ecco, questi disegni dell'autrice stessa sono veramente belli e delicati; le illustrazioni fatte dallo stesso autore difficilmente disattendono le mie aspettative, anzi arricchi...more
Rebecca Broadley
Overall The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a fantastic book to introduce to children. The complex use of vocabulary is a wonderful way to extend a child’s own language comprehension and skills. There is ample opportunity to identify and explore the characters through voice and role play (this is highly beneficial to younger children.) This short story explores a few recurring motifs as well as having a definitive moral.

Gender roles within this story are poorly challenged and there is a great deal of...more
Amy
I checked Peter Rabbit out because my little nephew has been feeling a little sick, a little low, and a little vulnerable lately. I've noticed that sometimes the poor little boy just doesn't need Spider-Man as much as he needs a comfort story.

Ok, I'm not really sure why I thought Peter Rabbit would be a "comfort story." The little guy gets a belly ache, gets chased around the garden by an enraged old guy, loses his clothes, almost drowns in a watering can, and then barely escapes with is life. O...more
Maeve Harrison
I read the book “The tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter as a young child and I can remember enjoying the adventures of little Peter but also being terribly afraid that he may be turned into a Pie by then of the book!
This book is about Peter rabbit and his sisters Flopsy Mopsy and Cotton tail setting out in search of food to bring home for dinner. Their mother specifically warns them to stay away from Mr McGregors garden as this is the place where their father was captured and turned into r...more
Huma
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a classic children's book. The story is about four little bunnies and their mother. When Mrs. Rabbit leaves to run some errands she tells her children they can play outside, but not to go to Mr. McGregor's garden, as he caught Mr. Rabbit and cooked him in a pie. Peter is mischievousness and while his other siblings gather berries, he squeezes under a gate into Mr. McGregor's garden. There he gorges himself on lettuce, beans and radishes. Feeling unwell he searches for...more
Edward Knapp
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a simple yet wonderfully crafted story of a curious and mischievous rabbit who decides to ignore his Mother’s strict warning about entering the garden of Mr McGregor, despite the reminder of Peter’s father being made into a pie for doing the very same thing. (A fact that is nonchalantly mentioned in this children’s book). After Peter and his three sisters were sent to collect blackberries he heads directly to the forbidden garden and starts to feast on all the wonderf...more
Joy H.
Added 5/4/12.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first published 1902) by Beatrix Potter

Below is a comment I posted at my group 5/4/12:
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"Miss Potter" (2006), the biopic about Beatrix Potter was exquisite.
http://movies.netflix.com/movie/Miss-...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/

The combination of Renée Zellweger with Emily Watson acting alongside her was brilliant. The Heartland Film Festival gave the movie the "Truly Moving Sound Award" in the "Truly Moving Picture" cat...more
Kimberly Erskine
Many literary elements can be applied to the story The Tale of Peter Rabbit. One of the most obvious elements is that of personification. Peter is given human-like traits in the way that he dresses. He wears clothes which end up getting messed up much to his mother’s dismay. By adding this element to the story Peter is easier to relate and connect to. The only dialogue used in this story is that of the mother. This makes her words seem more powerful and meaningful. Meanwhile, it allows the actio...more
Natalie Rion
For one of my classic book choices, I chose "The Tale Of Peter Rabbit" written by Beatrix Potter. It is a short story about a small rabbit named Peter. Peter misbehaves one afternoon and chooses to go in Mr. McGregor's yard although Peter's mother told him not to. While in his garden, Peter helps himself to much of Mr. McGregor's vegetables and as he is eating, Mr. McGregor spots Peter. Peter runs as fast as he can from Mr. McGregor and in the process of running, Peter loses all of his clothing....more
Prashant
In this book Peter Rabbit, one among the 4 kids decides to go on an adventure. He defies his mother to go to a old man's garden and create a fuss after he learns that his father met a sad end when he was there.

This is a short story with lots of illustrations but two very strong messages. One which quickly grasped by all is 'you defy your mother and you will end up feeling tired in the end and all your brothers who obeyed her will get to eat the dinner she cooked.' But when I finished the book I...more
Manny
Inspired by Ramblefoot , a gritty, naturalistic, no-holds-barred depiction of the lives of wolves, I couldn't help wondering if similar treatments weren't possible for other classics. Here's an extract from my draft rabbit novel, provisionally entitled Nojacket:
Peter finished his breakfast, but the insipid, cloying taste of the dead dandelion leaves left him unsatisfied. The craving was starting to build up in him again. He needed to veg out. Suddenly, he started as a voice came from right behin
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Michael Chu
Nov 23, 2011 Michael Chu rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Children for the Holiday's
Recommended to Michael by: Chintu Parikh
This is a beautifully illustrated book for a book that was made over a 100 years ago. The characters relate to me to where I found myself when I was young doing things I shouldn't be doing, paying the price, and learning a lesson about it.

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Megan Baker
This book is a work of fantasy and is intended for primary readers. Peter Rabbit was warned by his mother not to get into mischief. Peter ventures into a garden where he is spotted by the farmer, Mr. McGregor. Peter barely escapes and later learns his lesson when he returns home and must suffer the consequences of misbehaving.
I rated this book five stars because it was one of my favorite books to read when I was younger. The illustrations, although small, bare great detail and give you a sens...more
Rain Misoa
Sep 04, 2011 Rain Misoa rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: Ages 0-3 and anyone willing to learn a valuble lesson.
Recommended to Rain by: We Give Books
Shelves: childrens-books
This is one of the children's books that I read for We Give Books, A Pearson Foundation Initiative to help children all around the world obtain books. It's an organization that gathers many campaigns in one spot on the web to encourage people to read many books for children. With every book you read, one gets donated to the campaign you signed up for. (There's quite a few campaigns available.) A very good friend of mine, Nicole Terazue, recommended this site to me since she knew I loved reading...more
Allison W.
Sep 01, 2011 Allison W. rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: Toddlers and up
Recommended to Allison W. by: 1001 BYMRBYGU
Shelves: 1001-cbymrbygu
Beatrix Potter's children's books are timeless and wonderful - the stories and the illustrations. The Tale of Peter Rabbit is surely her most famous one and it is a shame that more folks do not realize she has an entire host of characters and stories that are all equally wonderful.

Her characters are easy for children to identify with. Peter Rabbit immediately does the one thing that his mother has forbidden her children to do (going to Mr. McGregor's garden) despite knowing that his father did t...more
Pamelabyoung
This tale was quite realistic to me as a child. I remember putting myself completely in the role of Peter and how very frightened I was of Farmer MacGregor. When Peter was caught in the gooseberry net my heart beat faster and when Peter cried and was comforted by sparrows, I must have decided that sparrows were friends since I am still enamored of these small creatures. I wonder why I didn't identify with Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail who "were good little bunnies"? In fact, I remember them as be...more
Peter Jamieson
Salient fact here: Peter's father was put in a pie by Mr and Mrs McGregor. And he was put in the pie because he had gone into Mr McGregor's garden. Under those circumstances, what's the most interesting, scary and exciting thing you could do as a young rabbit? Enter the garden, of course!

Peter is likeable; he isn't a tiresome trickster-figure like Brer Rabbit, but something more immediately like each of us. For rabbits and humans, a stress response is vital for survival. It heightens your awaren...more
Tasos Anastasopoulos
A really easy to read book with lovely images as the story went on..there were really some points that i spent much more time staring at the drawings (that are made the good old traditional way and not computer digitalized as in most of the modern books) than the text itself but still quite fun to read, following Peter a pretty naughty and courageous rabbit that despite his mother warnings decided to go inside a yard to find more food... As simple as it may seem this book has its point, the writ...more
K.D. Oliveros
Dec 19, 2009 K.D. Oliveros rated it 3 of 5 stars
Recommended to K.D. by: 501
Shelves: 501, childrens
I also read this while inside the Booksale at Waltermart Munoz. So, it saved me money and space in my now crowded bedroom. I now own more than 800 books and my wife is already complaining!

This book is the first in the Rabbit series of Helen Beatrix Potter. If you saw the 2006 movie (starring the beautiful Renee Zellweger) of her life, she did not intend to become a writer as she was more of an illustrator. It was interesting because she is very good in both. As a proof, Peter Rabbit character ha...more
Lacey Ellison
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This children's book is an electronic picture book about a naughty little Rabbit named Peter. In the beginning of the story, Peter's mother told him and his siblings that they could go out into the fields or down the lane while she went to get bread, but they were to stay away from Mr. McGregor's garden. Peter's 3 siblings went down the lane to gather blackberries, and Peter went straight to Mr. McGregor's garden and began eating his radishes. Mr. McGregor saw him and chased him all o...more
Anna Ligtenberg
Now that I'm working on my fourth edition of this classic title, I thought it was time to merge the reviews to make comparison easier. Each edition has its own star rating, below, before the review text.

First, the standard recap: Peter disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr MacGregor's garden, despite knowing that his father ended up in a pie. Spotted and chased, Peter barely escapes and returns home wet and sick and is dosed with camomile tea. (I have yet to find a version that's so Americanize...more
Nadine
Mischievous Peter rabbit has been warned not to enter Mr. Gregor's garden 'cause his father did and turned into a rabbit pie later. He disobey, nearly got caught, and as soon as he got home, he felt sick so he only got Chamomile Tea in Bed while his siblings Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail had delicious Bread, Milk, and Blackberries for supper. he soon learned that it is important to obey the rules and listen to his Mother's advice.

I read it when I was like four or five and I loved this book so mu...more
Eva Murphy
This a great book for young children and one of my favorite child hood books. It is a fictional book based on Peter Rabbit.
While his mother is out he and his siblings go to play however the are warned to stay out of Mr. McGregor's garden. Peter is full of mischief and curiosity and enters Mr. McGregor's garden and starts to eat his vegetables but he gets caught eating them and Mr. McGregor tries to catch him. Luckily in the end with the help of the sparrows Peter escapes Mr. McGregor's garden s...more
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Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

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“Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.” 7 people liked it
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