Potter died in 1943 and left almost all of her property to The National Trust in order to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it, protecting it from developers. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. In her forties, she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. Potter eventually published 24 children's books, the most recent being The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016), and having become financially independent of her parents, was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit and became secretly engaged to her publisher, Norman Warne, causing a breach with her parents, who disapproved of his social status. Because she was a woman, her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. She had numerous pets, and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.
Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.īorn into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. The pleasures of these timeless tales, which have been translated into more than thirty-five languages, continue to be enjoyed by children all over the world.Īge Rating: 3–12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 610L-1040L Her little books have never lost their popularity and still sell in their millions. As a result of her efforts much Lake District land remains in the care of the National Trust to this day. She worked with the National Trust, the organization dedicated to the preservation of places of historic interest or natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As she became financially independent, she was able to buy some land in the Lake District and in 1913, on her marriage to solicitor William Heelis, she moved to live there permanently.įor the last thirty years of her life, writing and illustrating gave place to a second career as a sheep-farmer and countryside conservationist. In the years before the First World War demand for her work was so great that she was publishing an average of two new stories a year. She started her career as children's author and illustrator in 1901 when she was thirty-five. She acquired her love and knowledge of the countryside during family holidays, at first in Scotland and then in the Lake District. During her rather lonely childhood and later, as a young woman, she studied art and natural history.
The world of Beatrix Potter, presented here in its entirety, is as appealing now as when it was first created over one hundred years ago.īeatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. The volume also includes four other works by Beatrix Potter which for one reason or another remained unpublished in her lifetime but show new facets of her talent as an illustrator and storyteller. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published to enable them to be read in the proper sequence for, although each story stands on its own, several are linked together by events and characters.īeatrix Potter's tales were often connected with real places, people or animals so each story has a brief introductory note about its history. The texts are complete and unabridged, and all the original illustrations, both colour and black and white, are included. This deluxe volume brings all of Beatrix Potter's twenty-three Peter Rabbit tales and verses together in one book.
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