Published by Frederick Warne, 2008, Peter Rabbit Library 10 Books Collection Gift Set, hardcovers, 16.6 cms x 20.7 cms x 7.7 cms, condition: as new.
These books are great and of course include Beatrix Potters beautiful watercolour illustrations of the animals in the story. The pictures, in full colour, look great and have a realism to them (although the realistically depicted animals sometimes do things that only humans can do). I also like that they are common British animals in a British nature setting helping create an affinity with the countryside on our doorstep from a young age. I also love the old-Englishness of it too, with characters being given their full titles (Mr. Jeremy Fisher for example), and their clothes being the old-fashioned kind.
Peter Rabbit tells the tale of the young, mischievous Peter Rabbit who goes for a trip down to Mr. McGregor's farm despite being warned not to by his mum. Once down there he of course gets into trouble./Squirrel Nutkin. This is a Tale about a taila tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. Squirrel Nutkin is a naughty squirrel with no nice manners. /The Tailor of Gloucester. The Tale of the Mr. Jeremy Fisher.
Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. The story is of a Christmas miracle. The tailor although he sewed fine silk for his neighbours, he himself was very, very poor. /Benjamin Bunny
Benjamin Bunny goes to see his cousin Peter Rabbit who has lost his clothes. Two Bad Mice'. This tale is set inside a house./f Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The tale features a little girl Lucie who lives at a farm and has lost a pinny and three pocket-hankins. / Mr. Jeremy Fisher Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond./ Tom Kitten Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet./ Jemima Puddle-Duck is a tail of jeopardy with a simple-minded duck coming up against a cunning fox. Jemima Puddle-Duck is annoyed because the farmer's wife would not let her hatch her own eggs./The Flopsy Bunnies It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!
