The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit Hardcover: The Classic Edition by The New York Times Bestselling Illustrator, Charles Santore
By (Author) Beatrix Potter
Illustrated by Charles Santore
HarperCollins Focus
Applesauce Press
1st November 2013
United States
Children
Fiction
823.912
Hardback
74
Width 288mm, Height 274mm, Spine 11mm
747g
Come on a springtime adventure with Beatrix Potters beloved bunny, Peter Rabbit, and his fellow animal friends.
Explore Beatrix Potters enchanted world with several timeless classics that provide kids with tales about values, morals, and virtue. The included stories are: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, and The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies.
This stunning edition with a beautiful four-page fold-out illustration by Charles Santore, brings story time to life for children.
Helen Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Charles Santore renowned illustrations have been widely exhibited in museums and celebrated with recognitions such as the prestigious Hamilton King Award, the Society of Illustrators Award of Excellence, and the Original Art 2000 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Santore is best known for his luminous interpretations of classic childrens stories such as Snow White, The Night Before Christmas and Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Paul Reveres Ride, which was named 2004 Childrens Book of the Year for Poetry by the Bank Street College Childrens Book Committee. His illustrations for The Wizard of Oz, which is widely considered to be the quintessential illustrated version, were used as the scenic backdrops for a major television performance of the work.