by Linda Marshall (jP Marshall)
Charming and informational juvenile picture book biography about Beatrix Potter, exploring how and why she came to write the iconic children’s tale Peter Rabbit, and all the other little picture books that explored the British countryside.
Marshall’s artwork perfectly captures the personality of Potter, her family and friends, and the other people in her orbit. That artwork also does a remarkable job of capturing the idyllic qualities of a simpler country lifestyle, which Potter wished to save, in the face of technological advances and increasing urbanization of British farmlands. And, on a third level, the art harmonizes well with Potter’s own illustrations from her classic books.
For anyone who’s ever loved reading Potter’s tales — I grew up on the little green hardback volumes! — and for anyone who doesn’t believe one person and their actions can actually make a difference.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Beatrix Potter’s Art and A Celebration of Beatrix Potter: Art and Letters by More Than 30 of Today’s Favorite Children’s Book Illustrators, both cataloged as under Potter as author, Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear or Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell.]
[ official Saving the Countryside page on the official Linda Marshall web site ]
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by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Services
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