Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
All her life, Beatrix Potter loved to paint. From a young age, she painted the bunnies, mice, and other pets who populated her family home. These characters later populated her stories, which are beloved the whole world over. With beautiful scenes rich in detail, David McPhail transports us to the charming, English countryside and the wonderful world of Beatrix Potter.
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In this tranquil portrait of Peter Rabbit creator Potter, McPhail (Bunny's First Spring) imagines her life as a budding artist growing up in London with her mother, father, and brother. As a child, Potter painted pictures of her family pets, including her rabbit, a mouse named Henrietta ("who once scampered across her paint box, leaving tracks everywhere!"), and a lizard; during summers in the countryside, she painted sheep and toadstools. When an adult Potter learned that a friend's child had fallen ill, she wrote a story for him (remembering a period of illness from her own childhood, during which she was confined to bed), which becomes The Tale of Peter Rabbit. McPhail frames his warm, ink-and-watercolor scenes within tidy borders, creating a feeling akin to peering inside the rooms of a dollhouse. He also pays homage to Potter's work by way of a rabbit, which reappears beside the text on several pages, and this book's small format itself: "Beatrix insisted that the books be small," he explains. " Little books for little hands,' she said." Ages 4 8.