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Beatrix Potter

Author, Illustrator

(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.



Bibliography

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)

Squirrel Nutkin tempts the old owl once too often and pays the price with the loss of his tail. The island where the squirrels collect nuts is similar to Wildcat Island. Read online at Internet Archive. Or at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust. Or at Guten... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of the Faithful Dove (1955)

A dove is chased into a chimney by a hawk and trapped there until a friendly mouse comes to her aid.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Tale of the Faithful Dove (1970)

A dove is chased into a chimney by a hawk and trapped there until a friendly mouse comes to her aid.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Marie Angel

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)

The children of Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy Bunny are captured by Mr. McGregor but rescued by Thomasina Tittlemouse. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911)

Timmy is imprisoned in a hollow tree on suspicion of stealing nuts. He is consoled by Chippy Hackee, a chipmunk. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907)

Tom and his sisters soil their clothes, then lose them to a gaggle of geese while their mother is preparing for an afternoon tea party. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust. Or at Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Tuppeny (1973)

A guinea pig is treated with a hair restorer and its fur grows inches per day. This is an original draft of what became the first chapter of The Fairy Caravan.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Marie Angel

The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904)

Two mice rampage through a doll’s house when they discover the food is only plaster, but are later repentant and clean up their mess. Read online at Gutenberg. Or at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust. Or at archive.org.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Tom Kitten’s Painting Book (1917)

Outline pictures from Tom Kitten’s adventures to be colored in by the owner.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Wag-by-Wall (1944)

A sleepy owl helps an impoverished grandmother care for her only grandchild.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Julius J. Lankes

Wag-by-Wall (1944)

A sleepy owl helps an impoverished grandmother care for her only grandchild. This limited edition was published in Great Britain by Beatrix Potter’s original publishers.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): None

Wag-by-Wall (1987)

This was Beatrix Potter’s last book. She did not live to illustrate this story of kindly old Sally Benson who lived in a thatched cottage and kept a pair of owls in the shed.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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