The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

by Beatrix Potter, Beatrix Potter (Illustrator), Emma Fielding (Narrated by)

Overview

Lovingly restored from a rare early edition this charming book is a story about Timmy's adventure with his wife Goody gathering nuts for the winter. The images were professionally scanned and restored to their original glory. After hundreds of voice auditions, Emma Fielding was selected to narrate this new digital edition of The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. Her beautiful voice perfectly captures the charm and delight of Ms. Potter's story.

We hope you enjoy reading and listening to this edition and all the others in this new series of Beatrix Potter stories as much as we have enjoyed publishing them. As always we encourage and welcome your feedback.

Charles Stack
Publisher
Sideways, Inc.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618780195
Publisher:	Sideways INC.
Publication date:	05/31/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The Tale of Peter Rabbit¸ published in 1902, was her first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend. Beatrix Potter went on to publish more than 20 tales and collections of rhymes.

Read an Excerpt

Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes. He had a nest thatched with leaves in the top of a tall tree; and he had a little squirrel wife called Goody.

Timmy Tiptoes sat out, enjoying the breeze; he whisked his tail and chuckled - "Little wife Goody, the nuts are ripe; we must lay up a store for winter and spring."

(Continues…)

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Copyright © 2012 Beatrix Potter.
Excerpted by permission of Penguin Young Readers Group.
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