Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Hardcover
(Frederick Warne & Co Jan. 1, 1997)
, n.e. Edition
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck was the first of Beatrix Potter's books set wholly at the farm with background illustrations based on the farm buildings and yard, and nearby locales. Jemima is a domestic duck of the Aylesbury breed, whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interference, and naively confides her woes to a suave fox who invites her to nest in a shed at his home. Jemima accepts his invitation, little realizing her danger: the fox plans to kill and roast her. Kep, a collie on the farm, discovers Jemima's whereabouts and rescues her just in time. Potter indicated the tale was a revision of "Little Red Riding Hood" with Jemima, the fox, and the dog parallels to the fairy tale's heroine, wolf, and woodcutter. Jemima, Kep, the farmer's wife and her two children were all modelled on real world individuals at Potter's Hill Top farm.
- ISBN
- 0723243042 / 9780723243045
- Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 5.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 0.31 in.
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