An exhibition in Nashville of Beatrix Potter’s works explores her love of the world of science and the challenges facing women of the Victorian era. By Tanya Mohn This article is part of our Museums ...
Spread from The Art of Beatrix Potter (2016), published by Chronicle Books (all illustrations © Frederick Warne & Co.) I grew up on a steady diet of Beatrix Potter ...
We’re all familiar with “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit ventures into Mr. McGregor’s garden despite explicitly being told not to by his mother. His sisters, Mopsy, Flopsy ...
She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status. Beatrix Potter around 1900 outside her home. Though The ...
Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel ...
Mrs. Rabbit pours tea for Peter Rabbit while her other children watch. (1902–1907) (© Victoria and Albert Museum; image courtesy Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.) Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 to a ...
When you hear the name Beatrix Potter, you probably hear about Peter Rabbit, but this play is about the author, not the fictional character. "The Beatrix Potter Defense Society" explores the teenage ...
Peter Rabbit first hopped to the attention of children over a century ago, making an evolution for the bunny long overdue. To mark the 120th anniversary of the brand next year, Penguin Random House ...
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature brings together an array of artwork, books, manuscripts, artifacts, and letters from institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Trust, and the ...
If you follow trends in children’s animated films, you might have figured out quite some time ago that a cheekily self-reflexive, computer-generated imagery-heavy treatment of the beloved character ...
The family-friendly sequel “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” arrived in theaters after its release was delayed by a year due to the pandemic. The new movie is based on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit who, ...
Britain’s brief but fertile Edwardian period was a golden age of children’s literature. The first decade of the 20th century saw the stage premiere of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” and the publication of ...