Humbug rabbit by lorna balian6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Peter’s initial defiance, his growing terror and his final brave escape are all remarkably human it is easy to see why The Tale of Peter Rabbit is one of the best-selling books of all time. Peter’s adventures in a place which offers great temptation but is also the scene of his father’s death, described warningly by Mrs Rabbit, “your Father had an accident there he was put in a pie by Mrs McGregor.”, is one of the great adventures of children’s literature. Peter, one of a family of young rabbits, who has been expressly told by his mother not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, does exactly that. Published in 1902 it was the first of her long sequence of beautifully written and exquisitely illustrated stories about animals with human characteristics. ![]() The most famous fictional rabbit is of course Peter Rabbit, in Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit. ![]() Do the maths: how are Emily Gravett’s Lonely and Chalk Rabbit going to cope with all those babies? Illustration: Emily Gravett ![]()
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