The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Shhh, come quietly into Mr McGregor’s garden and see what you will find there. 

Peter Rabbit is a very mischievous rabbit indeed and when his mother goes out for the day, he slips under the gate and straight into Mr McGregor’s vegetable patch. Peter might be a cunning little rabbit but he finds that there is more waiting for him in the garden than he bargained for. 

The adventures of Peter Rabbit and his friends, inspired by Beatrix Potter’s love of nature, continue to delight generations of children around the world.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ was Beatrix Potter’s first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend who was ill. One hundred years later the classic tale of naughty Peter Rabbit’s escape from Mr McGregor’s garden still brings to children all over the world the pleasure that it gave to its very first reader. It has sold over 40 million copies worldwide in more than 35 languages and has never been out of print since it was first published in 1902!

Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated all her books published in her lifetime. She got inspiration from her garden, the Lake District, and other rural areas in the England, Scotland and Wales. You can tell that Beatrix Potter was also a scientist, and drawing from real life, since her illustrations of animals and places are both accurate and tender.

3-6 years | 80 pages | Language: English | Dimensions: 145x111x12mm | Hardback