Tales of Beatrix Potter
- Author Beatrix Potter
- Narrator Wanda McCaddon
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 14 June 2010
- Run Time 3 hours and 12 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members.
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What to expect
Beatrix Potter's charming stories have enchanted children for over a hundred years. She brilliantly evokes the beauty of nature and country life, and each story brings to life characters listeners will remember and love for years to come. This collection includes eighteen favorite tales about Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs. Tittlemouse, and the others. Let your children share in the tradition of Beatrix Potter and her animal family, a literary treasure for generations to cherish.
Critics Review
u201cBeatrix Potteru2019s animal stories, the first of which was published in 1902, have been a joy to generations of young readers.u201d
nu201cHer passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous little books.u201d
n“[A] delightful production…Nadia May’s dramatization is very good. Peter Rabbit is young and reckless, Squirrel Nutkin as rude as can be, the cats sound dangerous, and the mice in ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’—well, they sound just like the most sociable mice I know.”
u201cHerntales range from stories of escape from near-death to charming, eventlessncatalogues of animal domesticity. Each one, however, was written with a naturalnear for what she described as u2018fine-sounding words.u2019 Her illustrations usuallynshowed animal characters wearing human clothes but otherwise treated withoutnsentimentality.u201d
u201cThentiny books, which she designed so that even the smallest children could holdnthem, combined a deceptively simple prose, concealing dry north-country humor,nwith illustrations in the best English watercolor tradition.u201d
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