Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (Classic Edition #22) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: The World of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter gathered material for a book of nursery rhymes for many years before Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymeswas eventually published in 1917. Charming characters like Old Mr. Pricklepin, Diggory Diggory Delvet and, of course, Appley Dapply are brought to life with funny rhymes and beautiful waterc ...Show more
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (Classic Edition #18) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
A consistent best-seller!Ginger and Pickles (a terrier and a ginger cat) kept a very popular shop. Their customers loved to buy their provisions there, but they were less keen to pay for them and ran up a gret deal of credit, making poor Ginger and Pickles lives very difficult indeed.The Tale of Ginger ...Show more
The Tale of Pigling Bland (Classic Edition #15) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
"The Tale of Pigling Bland" was published the year the Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to farming life for good. She had already been keeping pigs and she sketched them for this story, using her own farmyard as the setting. One little black pig was a household pet and features as the 'perfec ...Show more
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (Classic Edition #11) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
Mrs Tittlemouse is a terribly tidy little wood mouse. She is always sweeping her burrow, polishing and tidying. It is an endless job and it seems that no sooner has she made a good start than another messy visitor appears to leave their muddy footprints everywhere. Beatrix Potter had in her youth made b ...Show more
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (Classic Edition #13) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
Based on an Aesop fable, Beatrix Potter relocates this tale to the Lake District. The town mouse, Johnny, lives under the floorboards of a house in Hawkshead, and the country mouse, Timmy Willie, in a cottage garden.
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (Classic Edition #17) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: The World of Beatrix Potter
THE TALE OF THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (originally, The Pie and the Patty-Pan) is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1905. It tells of a cat called Ribby and a tea party she holds for a d ...Show more
Tale of Benjamin Bunny (#4 Classic Edition) by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
"The Tale of Benjamin Bunny" is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit's cousin, Benjamin Bunny, has been a very popular character since this book's first publication in 1904. In this tale we hear all about his and Peter's adventures in Mr McGregor's vegetable garden, and what happens to th ...Show more
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
Category: Traditional Books | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
"The Tailor of Gloucester" was first published in 1903 and tells the story of a poor tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard winter. He has a terribly important commission to complete for the Mayor of Gloucester's wedding on Christmas Day but is ill and tired, and before long is ru ...Show more