The Story Of Beatrix Potter

Author : Sarah Gristwood
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 191135809X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Beatrix Potter written by Sarah Gristwood and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sumptuous...a fitting legacy for a pioneering conservationist who helped save thousands of acres of the Lake District” – The Mail on Sunday, August 2016 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. 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.

Author : David R. Collins
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9780876143445
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Country Artist written by David R. Collins and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the English author and illustrator who grew up during the Victorian era and whose detailed drawings of plants and animals found their way into her famous picture books.

Author : Beatrix Potter
Publisher : Henry Altemus Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Peter Rabbit written by Beatrix Potter and published by Henry Altemus Company. This book was released on 1907 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.

Author : Beatrix Potter
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0515157066
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots written by Beatrix Potter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of Peter Rabbit comes the tale of a serious, well-behaved young black cat, who leads a daring double life defeating vile villains. Beatrix Potter created some of the world's most beloved characters, and they will be coming to life in a movie slated for Spring 2018. And this book, written in 1941 but never illustrated, introduces the charming Kitty-in-Boots, who has been imagined by Quentin Blake. When Miss Kitty sneaks out to go hunting in her beautiful boots she gets herself into all sorts of scrapes, but on this particular night she meets the foxiest hunter of them all—Mr. Tod! This utterly entertaining tale is filled with mistaken identities, devious villains, and even an appearance from Peter Rabbit.

Author : Lindsay H. Metcalf
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807551767
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beatrix Potter, Scientist written by Lindsay H. Metcalf and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year Friends of American Writers Chicago Winner 2021 Young People's Literature Award Beatrix Potter was a writer, an artist, and a scientist too, and she strove to find a place in the world for her talents. Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms and other fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as an artist and storyteller. A beloved author is cast in a new light in this inspiring picture book story.

Author : Margaret Lane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Beatrix Potter written by Margaret Lane and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Denyer
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711230187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Home with Beatrix Potter written by Susan Denyer and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world famous artwork of Beatrix Potter needs little introduction — it is as beloved as the familiar children’s stories it illustrates. But few know of her work in the gardens and interiors of Hill Top, the farmhouse Potter purchased in 1905. The estate and surrounding scenery inspired many of Potter’s stories and illustrations, and this gorgeously illustrated book shows Potter’s homes and her magnificent gardens beside those drawings, revealing the real-life sources for Peter Rabbit and many other Potter classics. The book also includes letters and diary excerpts, further exploring the relationship between Potter’s home in the Lake District and her iconic artwork. For those fans of Potter who want to delve further into her aesthetic underpinnings, this intimate look into Potter’s private world is a must-have.

Author : Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher : Frederick Warne Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780723244271
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beatrix Potter written by Elizabeth Buchan and published by Frederick Warne Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451533305
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tale of Beatrix Potter written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about the creator of Peter Rabbit and celebrate Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday on July 28, 2016! Born to a wealthy family in Victorian London, Beatrix Potter never had many playmates. When she got lonely, she turned to the animals in her playroom: rabbits, mice, frogs, hedgehogs... even a snake! From an early age, she was a talented painter, and she published her art as a young woman. Her dream of becoming a children's book author, though, didn't come true until she was in her mid-thirties. After writing a letter about four little bunnies to a friend's son, Beatrix created The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The story was turned down several times but was finally picked up by Frederick Warne & Co. Beatrix spent the rest of her life in the countryside, painting, drawing, farming, and protecting the land she loved so much.

Author : Sarah Fabiny
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 044848305X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Was Beatrix Potter? written by Sarah Fabiny and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into wealth in 1860’s London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her brother, Bertram, Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The book was rejected by several publishes until Frederick Warne eventually took a risk and published the story in 1902 - a risk that paid off. Peter Rabbit was a huge success and readers loved hearing about Peter's mischevious adventures in the lush English countryside. As she got older, Beatrix Potter became a proud conservationist, working hard to defend the landscape she loved so well against industrialization and logging. Now over one hundred years old, Peter Rabbit and his animal friends have become cultural touchstones and continue to delight readers of all ages.