Beatrix Potter Blog

georgewally asked: A short look at Daito Bunka University’s Beatrix Potter Reference Library, situated in Saitama’s Children’s Zoo in Higashi Matsuyama (north of Tokyo). The Reference Library opened in April 2006 and has had more than 80000 visitors.Beatrix Potter Shop

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dcmpnad asked: **NOTE: There is no captionable audio until 0:57 in the video.** This is the first documentary film about the life of the remarkable author and illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Full of examples of Beatrix Potters exquisite watercolors, of rare family portraits by her father, and of spectacular photographs of the [...]

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ChathamChannel asked: Chatham University celebrates its 140th anniversary with “A Tale of Two Victorian Rebels: Beatrix Potter and Rachel Carson,” a lecture featuring Rachel Carson biographer and Chatham’s inaugural Pontious Distinguished Lecturer, Linda Lear. Ms. Lear is the author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature (Holt, 1997), winner of the 1998 prize for the best [...]

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LibraryOfCongress asked: Children’s author and illustrator Steven Kellogg appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Steven Kellogg has loved picture books ever since he was a child; the illustrations of Beatrix Potter and NC Wyeth were his early favorites. He grew up in Connecticut, drawing constantly and telling stories to his younger sisters. He [...]

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ChathamChannel asked: Chatham University celebrates its 140th anniversary with “A Tale of Two Victorian Rebels: Beatrix Potter and Rachel Carson,” a lecture featuring Rachel Carson biographer and Chatham’s inaugural Pontious Distinguished Lecturer, Linda Lear. Ms. Lear is the author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature (Holt, 1997), winner of the 1998 prize for the best [...]

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ChathamChannel asked: Chatham University celebrates its 140th anniversary with “A Tale of Two Victorian Rebels: Beatrix Potter and Rachel Carson,” a lecture featuring Rachel Carson biographer and Chatham’s inaugural Pontious Distinguished Lecturer, Linda Lear. Ms. Lear is the author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature (Holt, 1997), winner of the 1998 prize for the best [...]

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JohnCoxEntertainment asked: The storylady reads Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter, with original illustrations.Beatrix Potter Beswick Figurines

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ptree24 asked: Students interviewed as Tony Hawk, John Lennon, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, and Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter Shop

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fw3664 asked: Beatrix Potter, Collected Stories, demoBeatrix Potter Mobiles for the Nursery

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auralaurora asked: A reading of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale. Text sourced from Project Gutenberg. Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were– Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree. “Now, my dears,” said old Mrs. Rabbit [...]

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