Peter Rabbit's Storytime Collection

by Beatrix Potter

The Original and authorized Edition of Beatrix Potter's Animals

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Fiction, Picture Books

367 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

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.

Reviews

[Kali Hilliard · Rating 4 out of 5]

K-2; traditional literature; I was read this book in Elementary School and now currently just reread it for my Children’s literature course and I loved it just as much now as I did then. Absolutely phenomenal story perfect for younger children (but in reality, anyone).

[Brian Indigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beatrix Potter has written the best stories to put my little one down to sleep. I loved these stories when I was a child.

[Susan Liston · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never ever read the stories straight through before. How odd. I'm certainly familiar with the characters, and with quotes from the stories. Oh well, now I have. Quite funny and dear.
And here are my nephews dressed as Peter and Jemima Puddleduck.

[Margaret Chind]

-- Another one I'm using as substitute for The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit R/I.

[Werehare · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

Splendide le illustrazioni, gradevoli le storie anche se a volte dimostrano gli anni che hanno - i genitori animali hanno la discutibile tendenza a picchiare i propri pargoli, cosa che se fatta ai giorni nostri varrebbe una segnalazione ai servizi sociali.

[Shannon Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been reading this to my youngest son at bedtime. He's enjoyed hearing the stories, and I've loved revisiting old friends.

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've had this book since I was very little, but it's never grown any less adorable and entertaining.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

The more times I read this, the funnier and cleverer it gets. I notice something new each time. Beatrix Potter was a genius.