Where is Peter Rabbit?

by Beatrix Potter

Where has Peter Rabbit gone? Play a fun game of hide and seek with much-loved characters from the world of Beatrix Potter as you look for naughty Peter!

Is that Peter by the blackberry bush?
Is he hiding in the lettuce patch?

Lift the flap and see! With easy-to-lift flaps, gentle rhyming text and charming illustrations, this Peter Rabbit story is fun to share with little ones at bedtime or anytime.

The perfect introduction to Beatrix Potter for very young readers.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

12 pages, Board Book

First published October 1, 1988

About the author

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.

Born into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. 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. 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.

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. Warne died before the wedding.

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 forties, she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. 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.

Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films, and in animation.

Reviews

[Katharine · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Where's Peter Rabbit" is a cute story for young children to listen to and engage in. It's a lift-the-flap book, so on each page, there is at least one picture to lift and reveal another picture underneath. It's also a good teaching book about following the rules. Peter and his three siblings were told not to go to Mr. McGregor's garden, his three siblings listened to their mom, but Peter went straight to the garden. After being caught by Mr. McGregor eating vegetables from the garden, Peter finds himself hiding in different places trying not to get caught. Eventually he makes his way home, but is feeling ill and his mother puts him to bed with some tea, while his siblings that followed the rules, got to have bread, milk and blackberries for supper. It teaches children to follow the rules, or there will be consequences.

LE: In small groups, have a pre made construction sheet scene with four little flaps attached. Have the children understand the scene, and then under each flap, the child can draw a different picture than the one that is on the page.

[WSU-CW · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute easy book to read with your young ones. Has some touch and feel elements with flap coverings for the kids to explore.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that Julian was excited d to lift the flaps to see what was on the pages.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.25

[Miketora]

It is very cute story. Picture is beautiful. Peter Rabbit is very pretty.
Next, what will be happen around him? I’m very looking forward to reading another story.