Beatrix Potter

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Standard Name: Potter, Beatrix
Birth Name: Helen Beatrix Potter
Married Name: Helen Beatrix Heelis
BP gained fame as a writer of little books for children, about animals which to some degree resemble humans, illustrated in watercolour by herself. Some of them draw on fable, riddles, and fairy stories. She also created scientific drawings of plant life. Her ambitions as an author for adults remained largely unfulfilled.
Black-and-white photo portrait of Beatrix Potter taken at Birnamm Scotland in 1892. Standing and looking off-camera, she holds a rose in her left hand.
Photograph of the front jacket cover of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", by Beatrix Potter. Potter's drawing of Peter in his blue jacket, running on two legs before he loses his shoes, occupies the centre of the dark grey cover. Published by F. Warne and Co., 1902.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Education Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary's mother was probably her most important teacher. She told her stories which, no matter how outlandish and fantastic, the very young Rosemary accepted as literal truth; she later imparted all kinds of varied information...
Education Elizabeth Taylor
Betty Coles's first reading was Beatrix Potter , then Lewis CarrollAlice in Wonderland and E. Nesbit , whose Bastable stories she read over and over again. Though her parents were not bookish people she progressed at...
Friends, Associates Angela Thirkell
Twelve-year-old Angela Mackail (later AT ) received a picture-letter from Beatrix Potter (a neighbour and a very recently published author) featuring a rabbit and two squirrels.
Strickland, Margot. Angela Thirkell: Portrait of a Lady Novelist. Duckworth.
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Publishing Alison Uttley
AU rewrote it for eventual publication by Collins . She sent a set of the Little Grey Rabbit books as a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth in 1947 (and had, she said, a charming thank-you...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Rosamund Marriott Watson
RMW 's total reviews eventually numbered over one hundred and fifty. In her first year she considered children's books (including a title by Beatrix Potter ), books on design, and second-rate novels. Her efforts were...

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