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Beatrix Potter, Scientist

Author : Lindsay H. Metcalf

Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 27,98 MB

Release : 2020-09-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0807551767

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A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year Friends of American Writers Chicago Winner 2021 Young People's Literature Award Beatrix Potter was a writer, an artist, and a scientist too, and she strove to find a place in the world for her talents. Everyone knows Beatrix Potter as the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories. But before that, she was a girl of science. As a child, Beatrix collected nature specimens; as a young adult, she was an amateur mycologist presenting her research on mushrooms and other fungi to England's foremost experts. Like many women of her time, she remained unacknowledged by the scientific community, but her keen eye for observation led her to an acclaimed career as an artist and storyteller. A beloved author is cast in a new light in this inspiring picture book story.



No Voice Too Small

Author : Lindsay H. Metcalf

Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 19,2 MB

Release : 2020-09-22

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1632898993

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Fans of We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices will love meeting fourteen young activists who have stepped up to make change in their community and the United States. Mari Copeny demanded clean water in Flint. Jazz Jennings insisted, as a transgirl, on playing soccer with the girls' team. From Viridiana Sanchez Santos's quinceañera demonstration against anti-immigrant policy to Zach Wahls's moving declaration that his two moms and he were a family like any other, No Voice Too Small celebrates the young people who know how to be the change they seek. Fourteen poems honor these young activists. Featuring poems by Lesléa Newman, Traci Sorell, and Nikki Grimes. Additional text goes into detail about each youth activist's life and how readers can get involved.



Beatrix Potter

Author : Linda Lear

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Page : 642 pages

File Size : 36,7 MB

Release : 2008-03-04

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1429972157

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In this remarkable biography, Linda Lear offers a new look at the extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, but The Tale of Peter Rabbit brought her fame, financial success, and the promise of happiness when she fell in love with her editor Norman Warne. After his tragic and untimely death, Potter embraced a new life as the owner of Hill Top Farm in the English Lake District and a second chance at happiness. As a visionary landowner, successful farmer and sheep-breeder, she was able to preserve the landscape that had inspired her art. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature reveals a lively, independent and passionate woman, whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.



A Victorian Naturalist

Author : Eileen Jay

Publisher : Frederick Warne Publishers

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 33,51 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Botanical illustration

ISBN :

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Collection of 200 lesser known illustrations



The Art of Beatrix Potter

Author : Emily Zach

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,91 MB

Release : 2016-11-22

Category : Art

ISBN : 9781452151274

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Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems—ranging from character sketches and notebook pages to watercolor landscapes and natural history illustrations—this monograph explores Potter's artistic process and reveals the places that inspired her timeless work. Organized geographically and featuring more than 200 images from the artist's oeuvre, The Art of Beatrix Potter includes illuminating essays by Potter scholar Linda Lear, illustration historian Steven Heller, and children's book illustrator Eleanor Taylor. It is the definitive volume on one of the world's most influential authors, a woman whose artistry, until now, has not been fully celebrated.



Beatrix Potter

Author : Annemarie Bilclough

Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 10,62 MB

Release : 2022-02-22

Category : Art

ISBN : 0847871436

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This beautiful book explores the beloved writer’s achievements as a storyteller, artist, and naturalist. Beatrix Potter’s universe of characters—Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddleduck—have delighted audiences for over a century. A creative pioneer and determined entrepreneur, she combined scientific observation with imaginative storytelling to create some of the world’s best-loved children’s books. This volume showcases Potter’s charming charac-ters against the backdrop of her exquisite botanical drawings, humorous illustrated letters to friends, Lake District landscapes, and rarely seen photographs. Beatrix Potter’s endearingly hand-painted world of animals and gardens made her one of the most celebrated children’s book authors of all time, yet this is but one facet of her creative life. Drawn to the picturesque English countryside after a London childhood, Potter had a passion for nature that influenced her many achievements as a naturalist, artist, storyteller, and later in life as a fervent conservationist and “gentlewoman” farmer. This book sheds light upon the connections between her art, entrepreneurial success, and legacy in preservation.



Who Was Beatrix Potter?

Author : Sarah Fabiny

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 19,3 MB

Release : 2015-07-21

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 044848305X

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Born into wealth in 1860’s London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her brother, Bertram, Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The book was rejected by several publishes until Frederick Warne eventually took a risk and published the story in 1902 - a risk that paid off. Peter Rabbit was a huge success and readers loved hearing about Peter's mischevious adventures in the lush English countryside. As she got older, Beatrix Potter became a proud conservationist, working hard to defend the landscape she loved so well against industrialization and logging. Now over one hundred years old, Peter Rabbit and his animal friends have become cultural touchstones and continue to delight readers of all ages.



Beatrix Potter

Author : Alexandra Wallner

Publisher : Holiday House

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,8 MB

Release : 1998-04

Category : Artists

ISBN : 9780823414079

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The life story of the beloved children's author is presented.



The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Author : Beatrix Potter

Publisher : Henry Altemus Company

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 37,25 MB

Release : 1907

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN :

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Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.



Becoming Beatrix

Author : Amy M. O'Quinn

Publisher : Chicago Review Press

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 44,81 MB

Release : 2022-03-22

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1641604433

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Beatrix Potter forged her own creative path to independence, fame, and financial success. Peter Rabbit, Hunca Munca, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck—many readers are familiar with the animal characters created by British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. But she was so much more than a painter of watercolor bunnies in little blue jackets or ducks waddling about in bonnets and shawls. She was a natural scientist, mycologist, environmentalist, preservationist, farmer, and expert sheep breeder. Beatrix Potter was a woman ahead of her time, making her own decisions and handling her own business affairs despite living in a Victorian society that was unaccustomed to unmarried women doing so. Becoming Beatrix covers Potter's early life and influences, artistic work, fascination with animals and the natural sciences, and interest and research in fungi, as well as her writing and illustration journey and her later years as a wife, farmer, businesswoman, and conservationist. This is the story of Beatrix beyond the bunnies.