Beatrix Potter resources

Here is a short list culled from the myriad resources available, as well as a list of the books Potter wrote.




 Web resources






Beatrix Potter Society
www.beatrixpottersociety.org.uk/
The Potter Society has a quarterly newsletter and organizes regional gatherings both in the UK and abroad. Every other summer, they host a one-week tour and a study conference.

Frederick Warne & Co.
www.peterrabbit.com/
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Books about Beatrix Potter






Journal
The Journal of Beatrix Potter, 1881–1897 transcribed from her code writings by Leslie Linder (Warne, 1989)

Letters
Beatrix Potter’s Americans: Selected Letters edited by Jane Crowell Morse (Horn Book, 1982)
Beatrix Potter’s Letters selected by Judy Taylor (Warne, 1989)
Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter edited by Judy Taylor (Warne, 1992)

Art
The Art of Beatrix Potter selected and arranged by Leslie Linder (Warne, 1972)
Beatrix Potter's Art: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings edited by Anne Stevenson Hobbs (Warne, 1989)

Biographies
Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman by Judy Taylor (Warne, 2002)
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear (US: St. Martins 2007, UK: Penguin 2007)

(Note: Margaret Lane’s books are not included because she wrote them before the complete journal and letters were available.)




Books by Beatrix Potter






1901
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (privately printed)

1902
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tailor of Gloucester (privately printed)

1903
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester

1904
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice

1905
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan

1906
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet

1907
The Tale of Tom Kitten

1908
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Roly-Poly Pudding (later renamed The Tale of Samuel Whiskers)

1909
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

1910
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

1911
Peter Rabbit’s Painting Book
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

1912
The Tale of Mr. Tod

1913
The Tale of Pigling Bland

1917
Tom Kitten’s Painting Book
Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

1918
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

1922
Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

1925
Jemima Puddle-Duck’s Painting Book

1928
Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929

1929
The Fairy Caravan

1930
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1932
Sister Anne, illustrated by Katherine Sturges

1944
Wag-by-Wall



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Lolly Robinson

Lolly Robinson is a freelance designer and consultant with degrees in studio art and children’s literature. She is the former creative director for The Horn Book, Inc., and has taught children’s literature at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. She has served on the Caldecott and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award committees and blogged for Calling Caldecott and Lolly's Classroom on this site.

 

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