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The Beatrix Potter Collection: Volume 1
All your favourite Beatrix Potter stories in two volumes.
Click here for Volume Two
This volume contains:
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan
The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Pigling Bland
Appley Dappley's Nursery Rhymes
Click here for Volume Two
This volume contains:
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan
The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Pigling Bland
Appley Dappley's Nursery Rhymes
416 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2014
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About the author
Beatrix Potter
3,348 books2,140 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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June 24, 2018
short and lovely tales.
this volume holds most of my personal favs.
this volume holds most of my personal favs.
August 24, 2014
This volume contains 13 of the 23 works(containing both The Tailor of Gloucester and The Story of Miss Moppet) that together make up The Beatrix Potter Collection.
For a separate rating and for the few phrases that can barely qualify as a review, please check each individual book.
As for the Wordsworth Volume, I have but only one major complaint. The illustrations are not in colour.
But! This is well justified as the price of the volume is roughly that of four American dollars, which is basically a steal.
Can I recommend this volume? My answer depends on what you are looking for.
If you are yet to experience the world of Peter Rabbit and Friends this could be a great(and extremely affordable) start.
But if you are a Beatrix Potter super fan or you'd want the best package that you could possibly get, then I suggest you look someplace else.
For a separate rating and for the few phrases that can barely qualify as a review, please check each individual book.
As for the Wordsworth Volume, I have but only one major complaint. The illustrations are not in colour.
But! This is well justified as the price of the volume is roughly that of four American dollars, which is basically a steal.
Can I recommend this volume? My answer depends on what you are looking for.
If you are yet to experience the world of Peter Rabbit and Friends this could be a great(and extremely affordable) start.
But if you are a Beatrix Potter super fan or you'd want the best package that you could possibly get, then I suggest you look someplace else.
August 8, 2018
These stories are absolutely adorable. They are just cute, about animals in the countryside. Nothing more complicated than a lost animal once in a while. Half of them are about mischievous bunnies or cats, like Peter Rabbit, and other stories of ducks or frogs, and it's a very quick read, something simple and enjoyable to read on a quiet and lazy afternoon.
July 13, 2022
This was my first Beatrix Potter. I listened to it on Audible and it was a good narration. Loved the rhymes and was shocked to see the facts which are generally hidden from children's books. Things like mouse pudding, rabbit dumplings, every now and then a reference to eat an animal after cooking it. Not a typical fairy tale. I also recalled a number of tales from my native language modelled after these tales and they are part of my wonderful childhood memories.
I think it's childhood stories what makes the age so cherished and nostalgic. Grateful to have quite a few marvelous writers who wrote them and could reach to me then.
I think it's childhood stories what makes the age so cherished and nostalgic. Grateful to have quite a few marvelous writers who wrote them and could reach to me then.
July 22, 2019
goodreads summer reading challenge • short & sweet
↪ read a book with less than 100 pages (or a book you can finish in one sitting).
i read this book on the (infuriatingly) delayed plane to slovakia and i have to say that it was amusing and the 400+ pages were actually kinda worth it.
rating it the four because i remember listening to the audiobook of some of these stories as a kid and they have a soft spot in my heart. don't @ me
↪ read a book with less than 100 pages (or a book you can finish in one sitting).
i read this book on the (infuriatingly) delayed plane to slovakia and i have to say that it was amusing and the 400+ pages were actually kinda worth it.
rating it the four because i remember listening to the audiobook of some of these stories as a kid and they have a soft spot in my heart. don't @ me
February 22, 2018
I absolutely adore Beatrix Potter’s stories. There’s something so special and beautiful about these sweet little stories with their unique, detailed illustrations done by the master herself. These tales never get old, it’s wonderful to relive them over and over again.
February 12, 2021
3.75 Stars
This was such a cute collection of stories. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, loved this edition. I liked the first half of this book, the other half was not as good. Can't wait to read Volume 2.
This was such a cute collection of stories. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, loved this edition. I liked the first half of this book, the other half was not as good. Can't wait to read Volume 2.
June 5, 2017
2.5 Stars
Better than Volume Two
But I don't know if I would read this to my future kids...
Better than Volume Two
But I don't know if I would read this to my future kids...
May 8, 2018
4.5
No twist!
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No twist!
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April 7, 2020
All the stories are SO weird and I absolutely love them all!
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March 24, 2016
Such cute stories with the original drawings! though the endings of the story were all very vague...
January 2, 2021
Me encanta el mundo de Beatrix Potter, es la campiña inglesa, pero sus cuentos son tan bonitos y entrañables...
Son historias cortas dónde los protagonistas son animales que viven en un lugar hermoso! Con lagos, lechugas, ratones para hacer pay, y de repente también salen humanos, aunque jamás cómo principales.
Definitivamente me encantaría vivir cerca del Abeto dónde viven Peter y su familia, y me encantaría conocer a Jemima la Gansa, el cerdito viajero, a Benjamín Bunny y tooooodos los demás.
Plus: las ilustraciones son bellísimas!
Son historias cortas dónde los protagonistas son animales que viven en un lugar hermoso! Con lagos, lechugas, ratones para hacer pay, y de repente también salen humanos, aunque jamás cómo principales.
Definitivamente me encantaría vivir cerca del Abeto dónde viven Peter y su familia, y me encantaría conocer a Jemima la Gansa, el cerdito viajero, a Benjamín Bunny y tooooodos los demás.
Plus: las ilustraciones son bellísimas!
April 16, 2025
Why is it so brutal! Golly, really! I mean I know that growing up in Victorian Britain couldn’t be pleasant for children from all of the classes but hey, they still were children! This book has illustrations on every page!
I loved it though. I was shocked and worried and laughing and overall enjoying. Strange yet genius. Wow, indeed.
Favourite tales were about a mouse pie of Ribby, “A Fierce Bad Rabbit” and classically about Peter Rabbit. And perhaps my most favourite was “A Tailor of Gloucester”.
My first book from Cracow’s library!
I loved it though. I was shocked and worried and laughing and overall enjoying. Strange yet genius. Wow, indeed.
Favourite tales were about a mouse pie of Ribby, “A Fierce Bad Rabbit” and classically about Peter Rabbit. And perhaps my most favourite was “A Tailor of Gloucester”.
My first book from Cracow’s library!
April 15, 2018
2.5*
Of all the stories inside, I only knew 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' and 'The Tale of Benjamin Bunny'. The other 11 stories were completely new to me. I didn't enjoy the stories as much as I thought I would, the stories sometimes were quite harsh compared to stories from now... I mean what modern children story casually mentions giving away your children or whipping them?
Of all the stories inside, I only knew 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' and 'The Tale of Benjamin Bunny'. The other 11 stories were completely new to me. I didn't enjoy the stories as much as I thought I would, the stories sometimes were quite harsh compared to stories from now... I mean what modern children story casually mentions giving away your children or whipping them?
December 15, 2019
Listened to this collection as an audiobook and I wasn’t disappointed. Having Andrew Scott read stories about Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle Duck in his dulcet Irish tones is simply adorable.
I’d forgotten how dark some of her stories are and the fact that she is so in touch with nature puts you, as the reader, deep within her strange and wonderful little animal world.
I’d forgotten how dark some of her stories are and the fact that she is so in touch with nature puts you, as the reader, deep within her strange and wonderful little animal world.
August 17, 2017
I love some of the stories here, such as The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, as well as The Tale of Pie and the Patty Pan. I think I might get some of those individual stories with colored images just because I enjoy them so much :D
April 22, 2019
Ceritanya lucu-lucu, dilengkapi ilustrasi (walaupun hitam putih), dan ukuran font-nya cukup besar (jadi nggak bikin sakit mata). Tetapi karena edisi bahasa inggris dan ini adalah karya klasik, banyak kosakata yang benar-benar 'asing' bagi saya. :)
October 1, 2017
Buat Masa kecil ku yg biasanya cuman baca timun mas atau kancil nyolong timun, cerita anak eropa ini refreshing hehe
January 28, 2018
A delightful book.
September 24, 2018
Missed out on Miss Potter as a child which is a shame as I absolutely loved this collection.
November 3, 2018
Like this one better than the second volume. The stories are sweeter.
August 9, 2019
Nice and easy read. Love the pictures.
April 26, 2020
What a wonderful animal world!
It's simplicity warms the heart and makes you love them all the more and sparkle the desire to join this magical world where animals speak and enjoy their daily lives!
It's simplicity warms the heart and makes you love them all the more and sparkle the desire to join this magical world where animals speak and enjoy their daily lives!
August 2, 2021
Oh the memories this brought.
I actually bought the second volume as well. I love going back and feeling like a kid again :)
I actually bought the second volume as well. I love going back and feeling like a kid again :)
July 2, 2022
I read this stories to my kids before they sleep, they like them so much.
Simple efficient and funny.
Simple efficient and funny.
May 22, 2023
Very cute. But - wow - I wasn't aware that it would be so macabre at times.
September 3, 2024
Nice little collection of Beatrix potter work .
November 29, 2025
I watched a documentary about the author. That lead me to a story of Peter Rabbit. That lead me this delightful book. That led me to a conversation with a wild rabbit near our hospital. What fun.
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