About this title: This set includes complete versions of all of Beatrix Potter's works that feature her character Peter Rabbit: THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY, THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, and THE TALE OF MR. TOD.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warne
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780723229513ISBN:0723229511
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. marker writing to inside and outside covers-, Hard Cover, Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warne
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780723229513ISBN:0723229511
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140504446ISBN:0140504443
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. gift inscription-, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Original
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warne
Date Published: 2003-02-10
ISBN-13:9780723247340ISBN:072324734X
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: Original
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warne
Date Published: 2003-02-10
ISBN-13:9780723247340ISBN:072324734X
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warne
Date Published: 1982-01-01
ISBN-13:9780723261650ISBN:0723261652
Description: Very Good. Free, automatic1st class upgrade for books under 14 ounces. Free Priority upgrade to all domestic orders over $20.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Very Good. 0140504443 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
"I understand these are cute stories and they have good morals in them, but frankly I find them kinda of boring, and so do my kids. They are cute though."
"Beatrix Potter was always a favorite during childhood. Mom use to read to us from a collection of select stories. A few Christmases back I asked for some of her books, hoping to revisit the stories. This book was given then, though I never read the whole thing until now.
I knew the first tow stories in the collection well-the tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny. They were both in the old collection I knew. But the Second two stories, "The The of the Flopsy Bunnies" and "The Tale of Mr. Tod" were unknown to me. All stories feature Peter Rabbit. "Benjamin Bunny" is a direct sequel to the original story I think everyone is familiar with. The other two stories feature Peter and Benjamin grown up, trying to save their children from mischief and bad ends. The last story, "Mr. Tod" is especially dark with a badger stealing the baby bunnies and hiding them in an oven before he gets in a huge fight with a fox.
Only Beatrix Potter would have one of her rabbits say, "Mu Uncle Bouncer has displayed a lamentable want of discretion for his years." I love the big-word prose for a children's book, let alone the high-falootin' ways she writes things. The first story is the best in the group, a classic, but the following stories are not as strong. "Benjamin Bunny" is kind of a minor misadventure about Peter getting his clothes from the MacGregor's garden. "Flopsy Bunnies" is kind of a rehash of the first story with more rabbits invading the garden. The last story is interesting especially because of how long it is and the focus on the villains (which Potter announces is her goal at the beginning of the story. Although she doesn't call them villains, but "disagreeable people."
As always, her illustrations are often very finely crafted and beautiful."
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