![]() In combining these memorable illustrations with a writing style that was clear and uncluttered, Potter allowed her young readers to simply enjoy the story. Potter's distinctive illustrations which punctuate each story are as famous as the books themselves JemimaPuddleduck's bonnet and shawl, Peter Rabbit in his blue jacket and Jeremy Fisher punting along the pond on his lily-pad boat. It is almost as if she is reading the stories to you herself and you are the first person to hear them. In publishing her tales, none of her fondness for the animals and countryside is lost nor is the personal warmth she put into each story. ![]() Inspired by her own love of nature and her rural surroundings, Potter's books started life as letters sent to her friends and family. Her stories all revolve around animals, with human characteristics, involved in situations that are true to life and occasionally cruel. Her own childhood was spent reading Grimms' Fairy Tales, Br'er Rabbit and Aesop's fables, influences that are very clear in her work. ![]() ![]() Quintessentially English, the immediately recognizable work of Beatrix Potter has delighted children for more than a century. ![]()
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