Did you know that this year marks 160 years since Beatrix Potter’s birth? Let us (re)introduce you to the author and illustrator behind the original Peter Rabbit books. 🐰📚️
What other facts do you know about Beatrix Potter? 💙
Credits:
Image 1. Portrait of Beatrix Potter; colour-tinted print. Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Image 2. The Potter family with the dog, Spot. Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Image 3. Groups of flowers, possibly anemones, 1876. From Beatrix Potter’s Drawing Book (age 9). Courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 4. Courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 5. Variant, as far as is known, unused, illustration for the cover of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1902. Courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 6. Peter Rabbit doll made by Steiff, Peter Rabbit slippers and shoe box, Early Peter Rabbit merchandise from the 1920's and 1930's, Board for Peter Rabbit's Race Game. Courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 7. Beatrix Potter at Hill Top, near Sawrey; 1913. Reproduced by permission of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 8. Beatrix Potter in the garden at Hill Top. Reproduced by permission of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Image 9. One of the last photographs ever taken of Beatrix Potter. Reproduced by permission of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
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Something magical is coming… ✨
This summer, Lakes Ice Cream is stepping into the world of @officialpeterrabbit ™.
Inspired by timeless tales and beloved characters, we’re delighted to be working together on a very special collaboration — one that celebrates imagination, adventure and exceptional ice cream.
Keep an eye out… there’s more to be revealed soon 🐰🍦
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They’re here - the stickers you’ve always wanted to send to your group chat! 🐰
P.S. Join the @OfficialPeterRabbit broadcast channel for more Peter Rabbit stickers today 💙
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Mrs. Tiggy-winkle has been busy with her washing! 🦔 But can you guess which characters each item of clothing belongs to?
Let us know in the comments 👇️
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Peter Rabbit is visiting Jemima Puddle-duck when one of her precious eggs goes missing! Can you help Peter and Jemima find the runaway egg? 🐣
Search high and low with Peter and Jemima in Jemima Puddle-Duck’s Farmyard Muddle. With its simple, lyrical read-aloud text, vivid contemporary illustrations and flaps to explore on every spread, this lift-the-flap farmyard adventure is the perfect introduction to the World of Peter Rabbit for curious little bunnies! ✨
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There’s so much to see at the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction - but did you know that there are lots of little details placed at a lower height for your toddlers to spot? 👀
Next time you visit, ask your little one how many mice they can find… we’re sure we will have missed some! 🐭
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The simple joy of tea time ☕💚
Our @officalpeterrabbit Greenhouse Tin is the perfect little home for your favourite blend.
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“April was lovely; showers & green grass; and May was full of flowers, sheets of bluebells in our northern woods...and the hawthorn hedges and big thorn bushes in the valleys have been like snow drifts.”- Letter extract from Beatrix Potter to John Stone, 5 June 1940. ✉️
Wishing you a May full of flowers! 🌸
Celebrating 160 years of Beatrix Potter. Image courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
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