The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (Picture Book)

by Beatrix Potter

Overview

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in August 1903. The story is about an impertinent red squirrel named Nutkin and his narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown. The book followed Potter's hugely successful The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and was an instant hit. The now familiar endpapers of the Peter Rabbit series were introduced in the book.

Squirrel Nutkin had its origins in a story and picture letter Potter sent Norah Moore, the daughter of her former governess, Annie Carter Moore. The background illustrations were modeled on Derwentwater and St. Herbert's Island in the Lake District (Wikipedia).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781987006001
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	10/23/2018
Series:	Classic Picture Books , #11
Pages:	66
Sales rank:	845,516
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

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. She wrote 23 children's books in addition to coloring and painting books.

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.