Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century English author, Helen Beatrix Potter, and describes her lonely childhood, love of drawing, and how she came to write her famous story of Peter Rabbit.
taken mainly from Leslie Linder's A history of the writings of Beatrix Potter together with the text and illustrations from the first privately printed edition
Emerson, Anne
1976
On t.p.: Taken mainly from Leslie Linder's "A History of the writings of Beatrix Potter" together with the text and illustrations from thefirst privately printed edition.
Profiles the life and career of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century children's author Beatrix Potter, and chronicles her childhood in England, passion for wildlife and nature, and her classic tales including "Peter Rabbit.".