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Beatrix Potter’s tales about the frolics and misadventures of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and other animals have charmed children around the globe for well over a century.
Purists who cherish Beatrix Potter's picture books about country critters with human traits may want to pass on "Peter Rabbit," a smarty-pants update on the Edwardian-era "The Tale of Peter ...
Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel ...
In truth, Potter was rejected by several companies before Frederick Warne agreed to publish The Tales of Peter Rabbit in 1902. And even then, the Warne brothers didn't exactly welcome her with ...
I grew up on a steady diet of Beatrix Potter’s illustrated tales, reading about the antics of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny and even eating snacks off plates adorned with creatures from the ...
When you hear the name Beatrix Potter, you probably hear about Peter Rabbit, but this play is about the author, not the fictional character. "The Beatrix Potter Defense Society" explores the ...
Peter Rabbit — older and stouter — returns this fall in a newly published Beatrix Potter story, The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots. It was probably written just before World War I and then abandoned.
"Peter Rabbit" is a charming children's film that captures the magic and whimsy of Beatrix Potter's books while transporting those well-dressed rabbits to modern England.
Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter is shown at her Hill Top farm in England in 1913. Beatrix Potter gave her readers glimpses of her gardens in the charming illustrations that accompanied her ...
Purists who cherish Beatrix Potter’s picture books about country critters with human traits may want to pass on “Peter Rabbit,” a smarty-pants update on the Edwardian-era “The Tale of ...