Books with title The Beatrix Potter Treasury

Ten of Beatrix Potter's most popular tales are brought together in this beautiful jacketed hardcover treasury. The tales trace the life of Beatrix Potter from her first publication in of The Tale of Peter Rabbit 1902 to her later tales set around her farm, Hill Top. A wonderful illustrated introduction provides background on Beatrix Potter and the people and places that inspired her writing.

"Sumptuous…a fitting legacy for a pioneering conservationist who helped save thousands of acres of the Lake District" – The Mail on Sunday, August 2016To this day, Beatrix Potter’s tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert. A famous author who gave it all up to become a farmer.In The Story of Beatrix Potter, Sarah Gristwood follows the twists and turns of Beatrix Potter’s life and its key turning points – including her tragically brief first engagement and happy second marriage late in life. She traces the creation of Beatrix’s most famous characters – including the naughty Peter Rabbit, confused Jemima Puddleduck and cheeky Squirrel Nutkin – revealing how she drew on her unusual childhood pets and locations in her beloved Lake District. She explores too, the last 30 years of Potter’s life, when she abandoned books to become a working farmer and a pioneering conservationist, whose work with the National Trust helped to save thousands of acres of the Lake District – a legacy that, like her books, continues to enrich our lives today. Main text: 30,000 words. Approx 3,000 words for captions and index.

The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, By Beatrix Potter, 19 Classic Tales of the Countryside, 1. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, 2. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER, 3. THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN, 4. THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY, 5. THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE, 6. THE TALE OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE, 7. THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN, 8. THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER, 9. THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT, 10. THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET, 11. THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN, 12. THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK, 13. THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING, 14. THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, 15. THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE, 16. THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES, 17. THE TALE OF MR. TOD, 18. THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND, 19. GINGER AND PICKLES

To this day, Beatrix Potter’s tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is.She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert. A famous author who gave it all up to become a farmer. Bestselling biographer Sarah Gristwood follows the twists and turns of Beatrix Potter’s life and its key turning points – including her tragically brief first engagement and happy second marriage late in life. She traces the creation of Beatrix’s most famous characters – including the naughty Peter Rabbit, confused Jemima Puddleduck and cheeky Squirrel Nutkin – revealing how she drew on her unusual childhood pets and locations in her beloved Lake District. She explores too Beatrix’s role as a pioneering conservationist, whose work with the National Trust helped to save thousands of acres of the Lake District – a legacy that, like her books, continues to enrich our lives today.

Tales for young and the young at heart.CONTENTSTHE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER, THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN, THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY, THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE, THE TALE OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE, THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN, THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER, THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT, THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET, THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN, THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING, THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE, THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES, THE TALE OF MR. TOD, THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND GINGER AND PICKLES.

The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, By Beatrix Potter, New Edition, 19 Classic Tales of the Countryside, 1. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, 2. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER, 3. THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN, 4. THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY, 5. THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE, 6. THE TALE OF MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE, 7. THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN, 8. THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER, 9. THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT, 10. THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET, 11. THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN, 12. THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK, 13. THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING, 14. THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, 15. THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE, 16. THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES, 17. THE TALE OF MR. TOD, 18. THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND, 19. GINGER AND PICKLES, Beatrix Potter (born Helen Beatrix Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) 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. Born into a wealthy Unitarian family, Potter, along with her younger brother, Walter Bertram (1872–1918), grew up with few friends outside her large, extended family. Her parents were artistic, interested in nature and enjoyed the countryside. As children, Beatrix and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. Summer holidays were spent away from London, in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age. She was educated by private governesses until she was eighteen. Her study of languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Her artistic talents were recognized early. She enjoyed private art lessons, and developed her own style, favouring watercolour. Along with her drawings of her animals, real and imagined, she illustrated insects, fossils, archaeological artefacts, and fungi. In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research on the reproduction of fungi spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.,