The Tale of Peter Rabbit/The Tale of Tom Kitten/The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck

by Beatrix Potter

Story Reader brings children’s favorite stories to life. Insert the cartridge and place the book into the Story Reader console, and turn the pages to read along. A narrator reads the book as each page is turned, while Story Reader adds sound effects and music.

Story Reader 3-Book Beatrix Potter Library: Tale of Peter Rabbit; Tale of Tom Kitten; Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, designed for children ages three and older, includes three storybooks and a cartridge. Children can read along and listen to the fun-filled adventures of their favorite Beatrix Potter characters.

Each handy spiral storybook features a different character and story. Your child will enjoy reading these tales of Peter, the adventurous rabbit; Tom, the mischievous kitten; and Jemima, the dear little duck:

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is the classic story of young Peter Rabbit’s adventure in Mr. McGregor’s garden. After the misbehaving rabbit eats the garden’s vegetables, he must make an exciting escape to avoid Mr. McGregor and his rake. In the Tale of Tom Kitten, Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit dresses her three kittens in beautiful clothes and sends them out to play in the garden. Find out if Tom Kitten, Moppet, and Mittens can stay clean for their mother’s important company. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck begins with Jemima’s quest to hatch her own eggs away from the farm. She meets a foxy gentleman who offers a perfect nesting spot. Will the hungry fox stop her from hatching the eggs?

Story Reader 3-Book Beatrix Potter Library: Tale of Peter Rabbit; Tale of Tom Kitten; Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck conforms to the safety requirements of ASTM F963-03.

 

Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

Born into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets, and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Because she was a woman, her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology.

In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit and became secretly engaged to her publisher, Norman Warne, causing a breach with her parents, who disapproved of his social status. Warne died before the wedding.

Potter eventually published 24 children's books, the most recent being The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016), and having become financially independent of her parents, was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time.

In her forties, she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. Potter died in 1943 and left almost all of her property to The National Trust in order to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it, protecting it from developers.

Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films, and in animation.