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1) Beatrix Potter's gardening life: the plants and places that inspired the classic children's tales
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Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
339 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Focuses on Beatrix Potter's life as a gardener, exploring the origins of her love of gardening and plants and how this passion came to be reflected in her work, and creating characters such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and Benjamin Bunny.
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
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.
3) Miss Potter
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
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Publisher
C & T Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 sheet of patterns.
Description
"Bring Beatrix Potter's delightful stories to life: stitch by hand and by machine as you create projects the whole family will love; learn about the life and work of Beatrix Potter with historical vignettes; amazing appliqué tips"--Page [4] of cover.
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
443 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated. There have been thefts on other construction sites, and carpenter Adcock is fired. When his body is found, is there any way there can be a happy ending?
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 307 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1910 Miss Beatrix Potter is able to get away from her parents and goes to her properties in the Land Between the Lakes, Hill Top Farm and Castle Farm, where trouble is brewing in the hamlet. When Mr. Harmsworth barricades the foot path running through his property, Applebeck Farm, claiming he did it because someone lit a fire to his hayloft, and another fire ruins a place of business, Miss Potter is on the case!
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"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 eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xii, 322 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
When a baby arrives on her doorstep during Sawrey's annual summer fete, Beatrix Potter sets out to discover the truth about the abandoned baby, following her only clue, a scarab ring, to Hawthorn House, a legendary manor reputed to be haunted.
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 305 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
Mr. Wickstead has died under a tree limb. The villagers are certain that his death had to do with a treasure he dug up last spring. But why was he in the wood on a frigid night? And what of the claw marks on the limb? And what was that treasure? As per usual, the town's animals know more than the Big Folk. And only Pickles, Wickstead's fox terrier, knows exactly what happened. It's up to amateur sleuth Beatrix Potter to help the denizens of Sawrey,...
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
290 p. : ill. map ; 21 cm.
Description
1912. The peace of the Lake District is interrupted by the noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane-- and Beatrix's friend Grace is receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry.
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 333 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she stumbles upon evidence that a flame-haired stranger may have dangerous plans.
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Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
56 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people--certainly Beatrix Potter's proper Victorian parents--would have thought belonged in a meadow, not in a London nursery. Such unlikely companions were company for lonely Beatrix, and she spent much of her time sketching and making up stories about these small creatures. Beatrix was so well acquainted with the characters of her various animal friends that...
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
62, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 16 cm.
Description
This simple biography of Beatrix Potter, best known for writing The tale of Peter Rabbit, includes excerpts from her published letters and journals and reveals why she drew and wrote about animals.
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
Through she's universally known as the creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter did so much more. This is the true story about how she helped save the English countryside! Growing up in London, Beatrix Potter felt the restraints of Victorian times. Girls didn't go to school and weren't expected to work. But she longed to do something important, something that truly mattered. As Beatrix spent her summers in the country and found inspiration...
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