Who is Beatrix Potter?
She’s the famed author of many children’s books and stories including Tale of Peter Rabbit, Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Tailor of Gloucester, Tale of Two Bad Mice, Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes, and many other wonderful children’s stories. Think back to your childhood, particularly the toddler years if you can remember those days. What was it that you liked about your room the most? Did you like the characters on the walls, the theme-based crib bedding or toddler bedding, or your decorative children’s furniture? What was it that made your room special? Of course, a newborn baby will not notice these things. But as your little one grows older into the toddler years, he will begin to notice the themes and items in his nursery. It’s wise to choose Beatrix Potter crib bedding and other theme products based on the fact that your baby will soon be a crawling/walking tot! Look for items that can grow with your baby. Pick out some entertaining books by this famous lady that your baby, toddler, a
Beatrix Potter is the author and illustrator of a series of children’s books about animals. She is best remembered for her first story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first published in 1902. Beatrix Potter was also an animal lover and an amateur scientist, though she was discouraged from her scientific pursuits by the Victorian society in which she lived. Beatrix Potter was born on 28 July 1866 in Kensington, London. Her parents, Rupert William and Helen Potter, both inherited wealth and spent most of their time socializing, though her father was a trained barrister. Beatrix Potter’s only sibling, a younger brother named Bertram, went to boarding school, and her main companions as a child were consequently her pets. Beatrix Potter had an indiscriminate love of animals and nature and an impressive list of unusual pets, including frogs, newts and a bat. Beatrix Potter also had two rabbits and a rat whom she would later immortalize in her books: Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit, and Samuel Whiske
Read a biography of Potter and explain what a biography is. A biography is a true book written about someones life. What is an autobiography? An autobiography is a story written by the author about himself. The story may relate facts about the person himself, or it may relate an event in the persons past or present. Which type of biography do you think is more accurate one written by someone else or one written by the person themselves? Suggested biography books: For the younger student: The Country Artist: A Story about Beatrix Potter by David Collins For the older student: Nothing is Impossible: The story of Beatrix Potter by Dorothy Aldis Another book you might want to consider is Miss Potter. This book is a historical fiction not a biography. There is also a movie called Miss Potter. Autobiography Writing Have your student write his own autobiography. Using a clustering form, have you student write facts about himself. His name should be in the middle, and his life facts extend out
