The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (Rabbit Ears) [Hardcover]

David Jorgensen (Author), Lye Mays (Author), Meryl Streep (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1992 | Series: Rabbit Ears

When this gentleman frog goes fishing, it is Mr. Jeremy Fisher himself who is nearly caught.

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Written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). Her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous little books. A particular source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond.

The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Picture Book Studio Audio; Har/Cas edition (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887082521
• ISBN-13: 978-0887082528
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,234,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)was a writer and illustrator. The Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist was a particular source of her inspiration, and her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous little books.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF BEATRIX POTTER'S BEST, July 22, 2011

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D. Blankenship (The Ozarks) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (Potter) (Hardcover)

A couple of things before I start the review:

This is not a review of the Kindle edition of this book. I do not know how it looks. Since Kindle is not in color, I am not sure if the full effect could be received via that mode of reading. Secondly, I have seen at least 10 different editions of this particular Potter story, some as complete separate books and some included in various anthologies. It would be difficult to say which is best. It should also be noted that the product description on this page states that this story is for "Babies through Pre-School. I am not sure who made that designation, but it is one of the silliest I have seen.

Okay....

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher was first published in 1905 and despite the fact that it is not as well known as Peter Rabbit and some of the other works of this author, it is never the less one of her better ones...and that is saying a lot. It is my personal favorite. I suppose I can relate and identify with Jeremy on some level.

Jeremy Fisher is a brown frog who happens to live in "a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond." One rainy day our little frog decides to go fishing so that he can stock up on minnows for dinner that evening. He puts on his galoshes and mackintosh at sets sail on a large lily pad leaf. This is the story of his adventure.

To begin with, Mr. Fisher catches only a stickleback, covered with dangerously sharp spines...not at all good. Suddenly he himself is gobbled up by a large hungry trout! Alas poor Jeremy...but wait! The trout does not care for the taste of the frog's mackintosh and immediately spits him out...lucky Jeremy!

Our little hero goes on to lose his fishing rod, basket and one of his galoshes. (This is where I start identifying with Jeremy). Defeated, the brown frog goes home and is joined my his old friends, the lizard Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise where they have dinner, not on minnows, but on roasted grasshoppers with lady-bird sauce...which Beatrix Potter deems "nasty."

All in all this is truly a delightful tale. It is interesting to note that this was written and illustrated the year after her beloved fiancé, Norman Warne passed away. Ms. Potter took special care with her drawings and it has always been felt that this work was in remembrance of her great lost love. Potter was good; both artistically and as a writer. Her figures of frogs were perhaps some of her best work (I have seen sketch work that was accomplished by her and it is absolutely amazing.) and it most certainly shows up in this fine little book. She drew numerous black and white sketches throughout her life of frogs and would quite often include those small drawings on her correspondence.

All in all, in my opinion, this is one of Beatrix Potter's best works. Find a good copy and give yourself a treat. Your kids will love this one.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Potter never talks down to children!, April 1, 2006

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L. King "lucyferking" (Chepachet, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (Potter) (Hardcover)

I was given this book when I was ten, and it is now a favorite of my three year old. She especially loves that Mr. Jeremy's house is "slippy-sloppy" and that he likes getting his feet wet. The story is fun and funny, and Potter's use of language is intelligent. This is the kind of book that inspires children to be better speakers. Any children's writer who uses words like "disconsolately" is five stars to me!

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny cute story, October 5, 2006

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Norliza Ismail "The Librarian" (Seria, Kuala Belait Brunei Darussalam) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (Potter) (Hardcover)

This is a cute story about a frog name Mr. Jeremy Fisher, who have friends over for dinner and he figured, he should catch some minnows for the. While was fishing he has quite a bit of an adventure.

Another beautifully illustrated short story for children by Beatrix Potter. A good choice to read out loud to little kids during story time. I quite enjoy the short story and it's one of the stories a kid really got to have in their reading list as they are growing up.