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The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit Board Book: The Classic Edition
The beloved classic tale of mischievous Peter Rabbit is now available in board book format featuring original illustrations from New York Times bestselling illustrator Charles Santore.
From a frightening journey out of Mr. McGregor’s garden to his fir-tree home with Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail, Peter Rabbit leads the most risky and adventurous life of the bunnies. After losing his shoes and new blue jacket with brass buttons, he narrowly escapes his demise and makes it home sickly, but safely. Incredible illustrations with the finest details capture these classic moments, printed on sturdy board stock that will withstand years and generations of repeated reading and handling. This edition is a must-have for every child’s library.
From a frightening journey out of Mr. McGregor’s garden to his fir-tree home with Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail, Peter Rabbit leads the most risky and adventurous life of the bunnies. After losing his shoes and new blue jacket with brass buttons, he narrowly escapes his demise and makes it home sickly, but safely. Incredible illustrations with the finest details capture these classic moments, printed on sturdy board stock that will withstand years and generations of repeated reading and handling. This edition is a must-have for every child’s library.
24 pages, Board Book
First published September 2, 2014
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About the author
Beatrix Potter
3,320 books2,135 followersHelen 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.
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.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
May 19, 2024
I’m not a huge fan of Peter Rabbit personally. He’s disobedient to his mother and a thief. It’s a classic though, so decided to give the audio version a try.
Jeff Bridges did a good job, though his Mother Rabbit voice was a bit too old lady for my taste.
3, it wasn’t stunning but it was cute, stars.
My thanks to libro.fm and Applesauce Press for an ALC of this book to listen to and review.
Jeff Bridges did a good job, though his Mother Rabbit voice was a bit too old lady for my taste.
3, it wasn’t stunning but it was cute, stars.
My thanks to libro.fm and Applesauce Press for an ALC of this book to listen to and review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2025
I had forgotten the classic tale, and upon reading, I think the story prompts some interesting discussions about freedom and independence and the hazards of the world (or garden). There is a lot of text for a board book, but one may have reasons to have a sturdier format of the book.
November 1, 2025
I have absolutely nothing against Beatrix Potter. In fact, I love her words and her illustrations. So where are her illustrations?? These drawings are fine, but the tone is so different from the Beatrix Potter ones we all remember.
March 26, 2018
Who thought it would be a good idea to scrap the original illustrations?
January 7, 2022
What a cute book suck a treasure
December 3, 2023
Jack borrowed this book from the Ashland Public Library. I think he picked it up because he loves his Easter bunny stuffie, but it is also one of Dada’s favorite stories.
Honestly, I had forgotten how British it is in language and sentence structure. But the story is quite dramatic and exciting, and the morale of listening to your Mama is good. Jack came kind of in and out because it’s a long story but he liked the bunnies.
Honestly, I had forgotten how British it is in language and sentence structure. But the story is quite dramatic and exciting, and the morale of listening to your Mama is good. Jack came kind of in and out because it’s a long story but he liked the bunnies.
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