The Tale of Beatrix Potter (Penguin Young Readers Level 4)

About this book

Learn all about the creator of Peter Rabbit and celebrate Beatrix Potters 150th birthday on July 28 2016! Born to a wealthy family in Victorian London Beatrix Potter never had many playmates. When she got lonely she turned to the animals in her playroom: rabbits mice frogs hedgehogs... even a snake! From an early age she was a talented painter and she published her art as a young woman. Her dream of becoming a childrens book author though didnt come true until she was in her mid-thirties. After writing a letter about four little bunnies to a friends son Beatrix created The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The story was turned down several times but was finally picked up by Frederick Warne & Co. Beatrix spent the rest of her life in the countryside painting drawing farming and protecting the land she loved so much.