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The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after offering him chamomile tea.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904.The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure.
The story concerns how the Flopsy Bunnies, while raiding a rubbish heap of rotting vegetables, fall asleep and are captured by Mr. McGregor who places them in a sack. While McGregor is distracted, the six are freed by Thomasina Tittlemouse, a woodmouse, and the sack is filled with rotten vegetables by Benjamin and Flopsy. At home, Mr. McGregor ...
The Book of Pirates (HarperCollins, 2001) Kate Culhane, a Ghost Story (SeaStar Books, 2001) The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2001) ISBN 1-58717-052-3; The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (Books of Wonder, 2001) The Children's Book of Home and Family edited by William J. Bennett (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2002)
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The book was delayed when several pages of Gulacy's art were lost, the mailman having simply left the package containing them on the doorstep of McGregor's Queens apartment while the writer was out. As such, Gulacy simply had to redraw them. [1] Annette Kawecki was the letterer. P. Craig Russell inked "several" pages, Gulacy said in 1980. [5]
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Even the Dogs is British author Jon McGregor's third novel. First published in 2010, the novel focuses on drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness, and dereliction. The Irish Times literary critic Eileen Battersby called it a "magnificent" novel. [1]