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The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit & Other Favorite Stories
This edition of Beatrix Potter's beloved tale of Peter Rabbit wears a fresh new design. Five famous Peter Rabbit stories are accompanied by enchanting artwork from award-winning illustrator Charles Santore. Kids and adults will cherish the classic tales of Peter Rabbit, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Benjamin Bunny, Two Bad Mice, and the Flopsy Bunnies.
56 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Beatrix Potter
3,324 books2,132 followersHelen 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.
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.
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April 29, 2025
I wanted to read this to then watch the movie…and because it’s a classic. I liked it- some weird words and writing style because of the date it was written. I liked the tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher the best 🐸
September 30, 2025
I love everything by Beatrix Potter. These stories are for all ages.
May 2, 2012
This review refers to the version with illustrations by Charles Santore. We ordered this one from the library by mistake, thinking it was the complete collection with Beatrix Potter's original illustrations. Well, it's neither. It's a large format book containing five of Beatrix Potter's bunny stories: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher", "The Tale of Mr. Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of Two Bad Mice" and "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies".
Now, it's not that the Charles Santore's illustrations are bad, they're actually somewhat in the style of the original, much unlike for instance the drawings of David McPhail in that infamous Scholastic edition, and some of them are actually pretty stunning, such as the picture of the trout jumping on Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Also, they may be better suited for the large format of this book than the originals. However, the original format of Beatrix Potter's stories, it must be said, is just so much better, with less print on each page (I actually didn't care for the super large font used here at all) and the pictures and the text going more hand in hand. Add to this that the title "Complete Tales" here is a complete misrepresentation, so I wouldn't finally recommend this version at all.
Now, it's not that the Charles Santore's illustrations are bad, they're actually somewhat in the style of the original, much unlike for instance the drawings of David McPhail in that infamous Scholastic edition, and some of them are actually pretty stunning, such as the picture of the trout jumping on Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Also, they may be better suited for the large format of this book than the originals. However, the original format of Beatrix Potter's stories, it must be said, is just so much better, with less print on each page (I actually didn't care for the super large font used here at all) and the pictures and the text going more hand in hand. Add to this that the title "Complete Tales" here is a complete misrepresentation, so I wouldn't finally recommend this version at all.
September 1, 2015
I liked the 4 different stories that intertwined with the main character, Peter Rabbit. The four stories come from the same location of the book but from 4 different characters life's.
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