Where's Peter Rabbit?: A Lift-the-Flap Book [Hardcover]

Beatrix Potter (Author), Colin Twinn (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1988 | Series: Lift the Flap

When Mrs. Rabbit takes her basket and umbrella and heads through the woods to the baker's, naughty Peter Rabbit runs away to Mr. McGregor's garden. A charming lift-the-flap book adapted from Beatrix Potter's bestselling The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Full-color illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Warne (October 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0723235198
• ISBN-13: 978-0723235194
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,387,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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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This review is from: Where's Peter Rabbit?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (Hardcover)

This is the Frederick Warne (UK) Lift-the-Flap edition from 1988. (Would you believe they published the original in 1902?) The later Puffin Lift-the-Flap edition may be more common here:
Where's Peter Rabbit?: A Lift-the-flap Book (Picture Puffin)

Lift-the-Flap books are often easily damaged but this example has held up. Better glue in the old days, perhaps?

5-star illustrations, but the story is downright scary--and it's not even the *whole* story--especially for anyone who loves or keeps a pet bunny. And do we need to be told explicitly that Peter is "very naughty"? (He winds up being put to bed without dinner, whether as punishment for his misbehaving or due to his own loss of appetite after such a harrowing adventure is debatable.) I suppose we all know at this point that Beatrix Potter, among her other many talents, was not above dissecting small animals to gain a better understanding of their anatomy, thus resulting in more realistic drawings.

P.S. Putting on my psychologist's cap, I think young Peter Rabbit rebels because he is missing a father figure.

[EDIT TO ADD: I just re-read the original in its entirety (The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter)) and Wow, it's even more scary. It also elaborates on why Peter's father is missing: he was baked into a pie!!]