Beatrix Potter

Potter in 1913

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer and illustrator who produced a series of much-loved children’s books. She was the subject of the 2006 biopic Miss Potter.

Quotes

• I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...
  • Journal entry (1896-11-17), from the National Trust collection.

• Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

• Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit

• This is a Tale about a tail — a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.
  • The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)

• It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific." I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit.
  • The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Beatrix Potter at Wikipedia
• Works related to Author:Beatrix Potter at Wikisource
• Media related to Beatrix Potter at Wikimedia Commons