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children’s & was born in on 28th July 1866. In her first & most famous story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, (1901), our eponymous hero, after much drama, escapes the farmer & ending up sharing his father’s fate in a pie.

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2019-07-25

that was a self-taught illustrator? Growing up she copied from nature, books and drawing manuals. She also studied the works of Constable, Gainsborough and Turner. This still life drawing of fruit was made when Potter was just 17.

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2019-05-16

'There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you' - Beatrix Potter

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2019-04-10

"Я хочу помогать людям находить то, что им нужно. Даже если они не знают, чего хотят".

Это Томас МакГрегор, родственник ныне почившего фермера МакГрегора из сказок Беатрикс Поттер. Тех самых, где смешные кролики.

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2019-03-06

PRINCIPAL SAM'S CALENDAR:

July 28

Beatrix Potter was born on this day in 1866.






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2018-07-28

Evening Working hard & collaging away here to get 3 new Christmas card designs into my existing batch of Xmas Writers' Houses this year. One down, 2 to go. Here's Miss Potter's First Hill Top Winter

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2018-06-14

there is a great silently working all things for behave yourself and never mind the rest. ~Beatrix Potter (1884)

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2018-04-24

Beautiful from now available as limited edition prints, featuring characters from the series. Do you have a favourite?

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2018-04-23

is 116years old! Much loved Bunny from a much loved Author and talented illustrator

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2018-03-29

Been busy working on a little project for Percy :) party invitations to be exact. Inspired by can’t wait to show you the rest

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2018-03-28