The Tale Of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter

Overview

Peter Rabbit is an inquisitive fellow. He's the middle child of his family of 14, and always feels a little left out. His family lives on the edge of Angel McGregor's farm, and his parents are constantly telling their children to stay out of their garden, unless they want to turn into a lucky charm, like poor Uncle Bopper. But Peter is small, and thinks that he has reflexes like a ninja. Mr. McGregor always has such wonderful food growing, and Peter is hungry, there's only so much nutrients in the grasses his mother prepares for their meals. So one day he sneaks under the fence, and heads towards the garden. He must pass the house in order to get to it, and as he sneaks around the corner he sees a peculiar sight. A beautiful woman is peering through one of the windows, sighing and whispering about how beautiful Angel is. She's so caught up in her bizarre fantasy that she doesn't notice the tiny rabbit creep past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499110593
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/24/1902
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.05(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 2-Over the years, Hague has re-illustrated many texts that were in the public domain. A number of his books have given new life to overlooked work and have been widely appreciated. His reinterpretation of the work of Potter, however, is egregiously unnecessary. Potter wanted her books to be small enough for little hands to hold. Hague's book is almost twice as large. Potter's book has softly colored spot illustrations, honing in beautifully on the drama or emotions of the facing pages of text. Hague's art is overblown with extraneous details that threaten to overwhelm the plot. His rabbits with enormous eyes are reminiscent of those kitschy, large-eyed waifs popularized by the Keans in the 1960s. If Potter's books were out of print, or in danger of becoming so, one might be more receptive to Hague's version, but they are readily available and hard, if not impossible, to improve upon. Why try?-Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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