The life story of the author of many beloved children's books.
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Grade 2-4?A delightfully illustrated, inviting introduction to the woman who created Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and many other enduring characters. Though Potter's artwork is not reproduced here, Wallner's paintings beautifully capture the seasons of the British author/illustrator's life. In a palette that ranges from the ripe melons and soft greens of a summer garden to the cool blues and purples of a lonely room in winter, she conveys the subject's love of the natural world and its inhabitants. While there are a number of chapter books about Potter, including David R. Collins's The Country Artist (Carolrhoda, 1989), this picture-book biography is a simply and engagingly told addition for young readers.?Kristin Lott, East Brunswick Public Library, NJ
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Ages 5^-8. Though Beatrix Potter's childhood was both lonely and isolated, it gave her plenty of opportunity for practicing painting and drawing and for closely observing the secret store of animals she kept. Stymied by gender in her quest to publish her scientific research on mushrooms, she reworked a story she had once written in a letter, thus beginning a very successful career as a children's writer and creating such memorable animal folk as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and Tom Kitten. In the final third of her life, Potter married and turned her attention to farming and conservation. Wallner simply and clearly outlines Potter's life, without sweetening the sometimes bleak, unhappy periods. Her paintings incorporate many of the natural motifs found in Potter's work, but her flat, folk-art technique in no way imitates Potter's style. For almost 100 years, Potter's cast of refreshingly naughty creatures has entertained readers, and this book is a fine choice to help children learn about the characters' creator. Susan Dove Lempke
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I was so fortunate to find this book. I had to find out historical facts about Beatrix Potter because I was doing an author study on her. This book helped me out so much. The illustrations were wonderful. The book told so many facts about her childhood and the things that she liked to do as a child. There were so many things in the book that I did not know about her. I still would not know the information about her, if I had not found this book. I read it out to my class instead of taking notes out of it because it was so wonderful.
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Beatrix Potter was born on July 28,1866 in London, England. Her parents were Rupert and Helen Potter. She had a brother named Bertram. She was an author and illustrator. Beatrix's real name was Helen Beatrix Potter but people called her Beatrix. She got engaged to her editor named Norman Warne, but before they got married Norman got sick and died. Beatrix was very sad. But then she got married to a man named William Heelis. Her first book was "The Tale of Peter Rabbit". Beatrix died in 1943 at the age of 77. And her children books are still loved by kids all over the world today.I liked this book because since she was an illustrator and author it encourages me to reaad and write more.
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I was so fortunate to find this book. I had to find out historical facts about Beatrix Potter because I was doing an author study on her. This book helped me out so much. The illustrations were wonderful. The book told so many facts about her childhood and the things that she liked to do as a child. There were so many things in the book that I did not know about her. I still would not know the information about her, if I had not found this book. I read it out to my class instead of taking notes out of it because it was so wonderful.
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