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Meet Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Book by Potter, Beatrix
- GenresPicture Books
12 pages, Board Book
First published October 1, 1987
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About the author
Beatrix Potter
3,321 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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October 4, 2017
This books is painfully simple having one sentence on each page. To me there's barely a story.
The one redeeming factor is that it's all the original art. It's cool to see 112 year old art still being used.
After a touch or research apparently this is only a excerpt of the original story. It's seems a little unusual to sell a book in broken slightly disjointed sections.
The book is good for anyone that is trying to learn words but I do think there are better choices out there.
The one redeeming factor is that it's all the original art. It's cool to see 112 year old art still being used.
After a touch or research apparently this is only a excerpt of the original story. It's seems a little unusual to sell a book in broken slightly disjointed sections.
The book is good for anyone that is trying to learn words but I do think there are better choices out there.
March 15, 2017
Although my toddler loves this book, I do not. I give it a three rating purely due to the fact the the lift flaps engage him more in the story. Even understanding that truncating the story so much is necessary to make it fit the mini board book format, it still seems to me to be a bit herky-jerky in the delivery. I love the mini board books because they are easy to carry around, and easy for my 3yo to hold and look at, but this one is definitely not one I'd seek out again.
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