Beatrix Potter
(1866 - 1943)
Beatrix Potter (born Helen Beatrix Potter) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.
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The Story of Miss Moppet (1906)
Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the original panorama edition.
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Beatrix Potter
The Story of Miss Moppet (1916)
Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the book edition that replaced the original panorama. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.
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Beatrix Potter
The Tailor of Gloucester (1902)
The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books.This is the original privately printed edition which is longer than the first commercial edition.
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The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)
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Beatrix Potter
The Tailor of Gloucester from the Original Manuscript (1969)
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)
Peter Rabbit returns to the scene of his previous adventures to retrieve his clothes and almost comes to grief again. Read online at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust.
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)
Jemima is looking for a place to hide her nest and a cunning fox offers her his shed and bids fair to eat her until Kep the farm dog intervenes. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)
The town mouse and the country mouse decide that they prefer their own way of life after sampling the other’s. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016)
The tale of a black cat who leads a double life defeating vile villains.
Read online at archive.org.
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Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)
A frog goes fishing and a fish goes frogging. This is a special publisher’s binding. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905)
Lucie has lost three handkerchiefs and a pinafore, but finds Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has carefully laundered and starched them for her. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910)
Tidy Mrs. Tittlemouse is plagued by various insects who invade her home, and an unwelcome toad. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901)
This is the first privately-printed edition with black-and-white only illustrations. Read online at wikisource.
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
There were two bindings for the first edition of this classic story of a bad little bunny. Later printings had fewer illustrations. Read online at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg. Or at Hathitrust.
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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (2000)
Once there were four bunnies, Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. Peter disobeys his mother and goes into Mr. McGregor’s garden.
Read online at archive.org.
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Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)
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Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)
Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.
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