


Books in series

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
1901

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit
Contains The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Mr. Tod, and The Tale of ... Bunnies
2017

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1987

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
1903

The Tailor of Gloucester
1902

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
1904

The Tale of Two Bad Mice
1904

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
1905

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
1905

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
1906

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
1906

The Story of Miss Moppet
1906

The Tale of Tom Kitten
1907

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
1908

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1908

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
1909

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
1909

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
1910

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
1911

The Tale of Mr. Tod
1912

The Tale of Pigling Bland
1913

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
1917

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
1918

Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
1922

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1930

The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots
2016

The Complete Tales
1986
Author

Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who is best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Born into a wealthy household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets, and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developed a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Because she was a woman, her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit and became secretly engaged to her publisher, Norman Warne, causing a breach with her parents, who disapproved of his social status. Warne died before the wedding. Potter eventually published 24 children's books, the most recent being The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (2016), and having become financially independent of her parents, was able to buy a farm in the Lake District, which she extended with other purchases over time. In her forties, she married a local solicitor, William Heelis. She became a sheep breeder and farmer while continuing to write and illustrate children's books. Potter died in 1943 and left almost all of her property to The National Trust in order to preserve the beauty of the Lake District as she had known it, protecting it from developers. Potter's books continue to sell well throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in various formats, including a ballet, films, and in animation.