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Web resources | Books about Beatrix Potter | Books by Beatrix Potter

Here is a short list culled from the myriad resources available, as well as a complete list of the books Potter wrote.

Web resources

Beatrix Potter Society
www.beatrixpottersociety.org.uk/
The Potter Society has a quarterly newsletter and organizes regional gatherings both in the UK and abroad. Every other summer, they host a one-week tour and a study conference.

Frederick Warne & Co.
www.peterrabbit.com/
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Books about Beatrix Potter

Journal
The Journal of Beatrix Potter, 1881–1897
transcribed from her code writings by Leslie Linder (Warne, 1989)

Letters
Beatrix Potter’s Americans: Selected Letters
edited by Jane Crowell Morse (Horn Book, 1982)
Beatrix Potter’s Letters selected by Judy Taylor (Warne, 1989)
Letters to Children from Beatrix Potter
edited by Judy Taylor (Warne, 1992)

Art
The Art of Beatrix Potter selected and arranged by Leslie Linder (Warne, 1972)
Beatrix Potter's Art: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings
edited by Anne Stevenson Hobbs (Warne, 1989)

Biographies
Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman by Judy Taylor (Warne, 2002)
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear (US: St. Martins 2007, UK: Penguin 2007)

(Note: Margaret Lane’s books are not included because she wrote them before the complete journal and letters were available.)

Books by Beatrix Potter

1901 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (privately printed)
1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tailor of Gloucester
(privately printed)
1903 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
1904 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
1905 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
1906 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
1907 The Tale of Tom Kitten
1908 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Roly-Poly Pudding
(later renamed The Tale of Samuel Whiskers)
1909 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
1910 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
1911 Peter Rabbit’s Painting Book
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
1912 The Tale of Mr. Tod
1913 The Tale of Pigling Bland
1917 Tom Kitten’s Painting Book
Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
1918 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
1922 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
1925 Jemima Puddle-Duck’s Painting Book
1928 Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929
1929 The Fairy Caravan
1930 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1932 Sister Anne, illustrated by Katherine Sturges
1944 Wag-by-Wall


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