Beatrix Potter For Kids

It’s important to teach children how others have succeeded at something. Let’s look at some facts about Beatrix Potter for kids.

Naturalist and children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 and lived in England all her life. She had a very sheltered childhood and was raised mainly by her nurse and several governesses who taught her to read, write, and draw.

Although her parents kept her and her brother Bertram apart from other children, she had a large collection of pets that she enjoyed observing and sketching. Some of these pets made later appearances in her children’s stories!

Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales (Peter Rabbit)During summer vacations to the Lake District, she fell in love with exploring and drawing the countryside and the animals and plants found there.

She also learned from the local vicar the value of protecting this beautiful land. Conservationism would remain an important cause to her throughout her life.

Beatrix tried without luck to convince several publishers to publish her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Finally, Frederick Warne published it in 1902. An instant hit, it was followed by many more charming and popular books.

Beatrix used the money from her success to buy herself a small farm in the Lake District. Although she had to care for her aging parents in London, she stayed at her new farm whenever she could. When she got married at the age of 47 to William Heelis, she moved to the Lake District for good.

Until her death in 1943, she devoted most of her attention to raising sheep, farming, and buying land to conserve it.

Books By Beatrix Potter For Kids

Did your kids catch the Beatrix Potter bug? Take advantage of it and get them into the reading habit. Here are some of her most popular books.

A Beatrix Potter Treasury Peter Rabbit Naturally Better Classic Gift Set BEATRIX POTTER Ultimate Collection – 22 Children’s Books With Complete Original Illustrations: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, … Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten and more

Beatrix Potter Plush Toys

Young children often fall in love with the characters of their favorite books. Here are just a few you might want for our little one.

Gund 4048909 Classic Beatrix Potter Jemima Puddleduck Stuffed Animal Plush Gund 4048907 Classic Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Stuffed Animal Plush, 6.5-Inch Beatrix Potter Plush A27373 Mr. Jeremy Fisher Toy by BabyCentre

Beatrix Potter Cuddly Toys

Some kids love to cuddle with their favorite stuffed animal. Here are just a few of Beatrix Potter’s characters your little one might love playing with.

Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Cuddle Pal Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit 8 Beatrix Potter Plush Peter Rabbit (Large)