A brilliant new adventure in this bestselling series
Join Peter Rabbit as he explores a noisy farmyard in this new lift-the-flap adventure
It's a quiet day in the burrow but Peter and his sister Flopsy can hear a strange noise -Chuff! Chuff! Chuff! - it sounds like it's coming from the farmyard. They set off to explore and discover there's lots to do on the farm, including helping find lost lambs, tasting delicious radishes, and racing wheelbarrows. But will they ever find what's making that mysterious noise?
This brand new story has lots of paper flaps for little hands to explore as they help Peter and Flopsy discover fluffy lambs, munching cows and so much more.
Text by Jane Riordan. Illustrations by Eleanor Taylor.
Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866, at No. 2, Bolton Gardens, Kensington, London. Beatrix Potter discovered her love of nature on annual summer holidays in Scotland and the Lake District.
On September 4, 1893, Beatrix sat down to write a picture letter to Noel Moore, the five-year-old son of her ex-governess, all about a naughty rabbit called Peter. Noel was ill in bed and so Beatrix wrote to him: "My dear Noel, I don't know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits. . . . "
Some years later, Beatrix thought of publishing the story as a book. She rewrote it into an exercise book and sent it to six publishers. It was rejected by every one of them. It was not until Beatrix had printed the book herself that Frederick Warne agreed to publish it. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published in 1902, costing one shilling (the equivalent of just 5 pence today), and became one of the most famous stories ever written.
Many of Beatrix's later books were set at Hill Top—the rats that infested the farm inspired The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, Tom Kitten and his sisters climb up the rockery wall at the bottom of Hill Top garden, and Ginger and Pickles.
