Synopses & Reviews
Captures the artist's life and workBeatrix Potter's childhood was characterized by a distinctly Victorian mixture of privilege and neglect. Her parents were distant and distracted, so she was left largely to her own devices. She found companionship in nature, in the small animals she met in the family's garden and in the countryside on summer visits. And she found happiness in drawing and writing stories about her animal friends, later the inspiration for The Tale of Peter Rabbit and her twenty-two other books.
Beatrix Potter's own words, taken from her letters and journals, are incorporated in Jeanette Winters book -- just slightly larger than Beatrix Potters little books -- and this portrait pays a glowing tribute to the grande dame of childrens literature.
Review
"Brief as it is, the book successfully conveys Potter's life and personality." Booklist
Review
"Winter's introduction conveys Potter's spirit as well as the facts of her life. Beatrix provides a fine starting place for someone curious about the woman behind Peter Rabbit." School Library Journal
Synopsis
In her own words from letters and journals, Beatrix Potter recalls her lonely childhood in which she found companionship with small animals she met in the family's garden, and how her drawings and stories about these animals inspired The Tale of Peter Rabbit and her 22 other books. Full color.
Synopsis
Beatrix Potter's childhood was characterized by a distinctly Victorian mixture of privilege and neglect. Her parents were distant and distracted, so she was left largely to her own devices. She found companionship in nature, in the small animals she met in the family's garden and in the countryside on summer visits. And she found happiness in drawing and writing stories about her animal friends, later the inspiration for
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and her twenty-two other books.
Beatrix Potter's own words, taken from her letters and journals, are incorporated in Jeanette Winter's book just slightly larger than Beatrix Potter's little books and this portrait pays a glowing tribute to the grande dame of children's literature.
About the Author
Jeanette Winter is the author and/or illustrator of many notable books for children, including Emily Dickinsons
Letters to the World, a
Parents Choice Silver Honor Book, and
My Baby. She lives in New York City.