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“Author: Beatrix Potter
Sissy wrote this review Friday, September 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Review: September 18, 2009
Edition: 1989 printing
Pages: 383
Overall Rating: 4/5 [Good]
Synopsis: A collection of children's stories and rhymes accompanied by illustrations and paintings.
Strengths: Beautiful artwork, interconnection of world, consistently written.
Weaknesses: A bit uneventful.
Further Review: Currently I'm sorting through my books for children and young adults and evaluating them; since I no longer read these books, I'm basically deciding which I want to keep and share with my own future children, and which I do not. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter is definitely one I'll be keeping to share. While the stories themselves are rather ordinary in terms of plot, the illustrations are beautiful and the characters are generally pleasant (and those who are not typically meet the consequences of their actions). Overall, this is a nice collection of peaceful, sweet stories.
This edition in particular is a good one, because it's well-printed and it also includes a small history of each story.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Peter Rabbit[/span] -- Beatrix Potter's most famous story, surely. This shares the adventure of Peter Rabbit, whose risky adventure into a garden leads to trouble.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin[/span] -- Squirrel Nutkin is [unsurprisingly] a squirrel with no manners, who delights in teasing an owl.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tailor of Gloucester[/span] -- The tailor of Gloucester needs to make a coat for the mayor for his wedding, but falls ill too soon to finish it. Luckily he's to receive the help of some friendly mice. This has quite a true ring to traditional fairy tales.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Benjamin Bunny[/span] -- Peter Rabbit and his cousin Benjamin Bunny return to McGregor's farm. This is unfortunately a rather forgettable story.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Two Bad Mice[/span] -- Two mice, Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb, break into and trash a doll's house.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle[/span] -- Lucie, a small girl, searches around for her lost items and meets a kindly hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan[/span] -- Duchess the dog wishes to visit her friend Ribby the cat, who has invited her to dinner. When Duchess realizes that Ribby will probably give her a mouse pie, she decides to replace it with her own pie since she dislikes mice.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher[/span] -- Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a frog who wishes to go fishing; unfortunately, for someone of his size this is much more difficult than it looks.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit[/span] & [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Story of Miss Moppet[/span] -- These are two stories for very young children; the first is about a rabbit who mistreats one of his peers, and the second is about a kitten chasing a mouse.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Tom Kitten[/span] -- Tom Kitten, Mittens, and Moppet are kittens who lose their nice clothing to several ducks.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck[/span] -- Jemima wishes to warm her own eggs rather than have a farmer take over for her. As she looks for a suitable place to have her eggs, she is fooled by a fox.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding[/span] -- Tom Kitten, who does not wish to be shut away while his mother is baking, climbs into a passageway accessed by the chimney, where he gets capture by rats who want to eat him in a pudding.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies[/span] -- Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy Bunny have numerous children to feed, and thus look to McGregor's garden.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Ginger and Pickles[/span] -- Ginger and Pickles together own a store, which is quite popular as it allows its customers to use credit. Unfortunately, no one ever pays their credit so the shop must close. This tale is rather forgettable.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse[/span] -- Mrs. Tittlemouse wants to keep her house clean, a task that's difficult given her many "uninvited guests."
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes[/span] -- Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who, accompanied by his wife Goody, gathers nuts for the winter.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Mr. Tod[/span] -- Mr. Tod (a fox) and Tommy Brock (a badger) cause plenty of trouble for the other residents of their woodland home. When Tommy Brock kidnaps Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny's children for supper, these two "unpleasant neighbors" are brought to a confrontation.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Pigling Bland[/span] -- Pigling Bland is to go to the market, but after getting lost on the way finds himself at a farmhouse where he meets fellow pig Pig-Wig.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes[/span] & [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes[/span] -- Two collections of nursery rhymes, which are quite recognizable.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse[/span] -- Timmy Willie is a mouse who lives in a garden, but accidentally finds himself in the city where he meets Johnny Town-Mouse.
[span style="text-decoration: underline;"]The Tale of Little Pig Robinson[/span] -- The only longer piece of fiction in this book, this is a look at the origin of the pig in "The Owl and the Pussycat."
From [span style="text-decoration: underline;"]Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes[/span]:
[blockquote]We have a little garden,
A garden of our own,
And every day we water there
The seeds that we have sown.
We love our little garden,
And tend it with such care,
You will not find a faded leaf
Or a blighted blossom there.[/blockquote]”
“Who can deny the appeal of a children's book with a moral story?”
Zoe wrote this review Sunday, August 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“My children loved having this book read aloud to them. It is one we will read again!!”
Liz T wrote this review Friday, April 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"Gentle fingers run Through a strand of wool Like a story spun Wound a wooden spool" A book that weaves beauty from simplicity”
kdy wrote this review Friday, November 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love Beatrix Potter's writing. Her stories are so well suited for reading to children as well as for adult reading. The illustrations are just lovely! This is one of those books to own in a high gloss color hardback edition.”
Illibets wrote this review Saturday, January 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Enchanting stories and illustrations about the mischievous Peter Rabbit and his animal friends.”
Dame Dixie wrote this review Monday, July 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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