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Artists Artists Great Britain Biography Juvenile literature Authors, English 20th century Biography Authors, English 20th century Biography Juvenile literature Children's stories Authorship England Fiction Great Britain Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Potter, Beatrix 1866-1943 Juvenile literature Women artists FictionMetcalf, Lindsay H.
Summary: "Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms andother fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTFabiny, Sarah
Summary: A young reader's biography of Beatrix Potter, the author-illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turtleback Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTMarshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: Describes how Beatrix Potter found inspiration in nature to write "The Tale Of Peter Rabbit" and details her successes as a children's author and as an environmentalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTGristwood, Sarah
Summary: "Interest in Beatrix Potter and her characters is undimmed, with the second Peter Rabbit film being released in summer 2021 and an exhibition at the V&A from February 2022, 'Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature'. Few people realise how extraordinary Beatrix Potter's own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Trust Books 2021
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Summary: An intimate glimpse into Potter's private world and the places that inspired her stories. She found must of her inspiration in her surroundings, and Zach takes readers on a visual tour of the areas in the British Isles that most influenced her work. The work includes early sketches as well as photos of Potter's family and household items that inspired her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6092 ZACTaylor, Judy
Summary: Traces the published history of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and at the same time tells the story of its famous creator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Warne 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.52 TAYSummary: In an effort to give their younger brother, Norman a project to keep him busy now that he has joined the family publishing house, the older Warne brothers agree to publish Miss Beatrix Potter's first children's book. They don't expect the book to sell well, but they need to keep Norman busy. As a single woman living in Edwardian London, Beatrix suspects this endeavor may provide her with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIS RATED PGLane, Margaret
Summary: This selection of simple country recipes resembles the types of dishes that Beatrix Potter may have prepared when she married at age forty-seven and moved to Sawrey in Cumberland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Warne 1981
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 LANMcDowell, Marta.
Summary: Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life is the first book to explore the origins of Beatrix Potter's love of gardening and plants and show how this passion came to be reflected in her work. The book begins with a gardener's biography, highlighting the key moments and places throughout her life that helped define her, including her home Hill Top Farm in England's Lake District. Next, the reader follows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 MCDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 MCDDenyer, Susan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry Abrams 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warne 1989
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.642 POTAlbert, Susan Wittig.
Summary: Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated in the latest installment of a series that incorporates events from the life of Beatrix Potter and her beloved characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBJohnson, Jane
Summary: A letter from Beatrix Potter to a young friend who is ill marks the origin of her famous tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2006
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J BASKET JOHPotter, Beatrix
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Warne 1955
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.642 POTTaylor, Judy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warne 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTER, BEATRIX TAYThompson, Emma.
Summary: Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny have a new friend, William the Turkey. The trio is excited for Christmas, -until they realize that William is meant to be Mr. McGregor's Christmas supper! Just in time, Peter and Benjamin hide William, and the three enjoy a lovely Christmas dinner of pickled radishes and barley cake at the Rabbit family burrow
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frederick Warne & Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THOAlbert, Susan Wittig.
Summary: When Beatrix Potter returns to her new hometown of Sawrey after some time away, she finds the village threatened by a mysterious outsider who plans to destroy the pristine shoreline of Lake Windermere by constructing a number of villas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALBAlbert, Susan Wittig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2004
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Summary: In this now classic biography, reissued in a new edition for the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, Linda Lear offers the astonishing portrait of an extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PotterLane, Margaret
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Warne 1978
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POTO'Quinn, Amy M.
Summary: "Becoming Beatrix: The Life of Beatrix Potter and the World of Peter Rabbit covers Potter's early life and influences, artistic work, fascination with animals and the natural sciences, and interest and research with fungi, as well as her writing and illustration journey and her later years as a wife, farmer, businesswoman, environmentalist, and conservationist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2022