12/17/2023 0 Comments Beatrix potter figurines![]() ![]() In addition there are plenty of illustrations to adorn the very personal text that litters the book. This journal, completed in Beatrix Potter's own handwriting, is a lavish production that includes pieces of memorabilia as well, such as letters from Beatrix, photographs of family, her farms and friends and a mourning card for the man she originally intended to marry, Norman Warne, a member of her publishing house. ![]() Please don't miss exploring this delightful volume!!! And, THANK YOU, Annie!!! :-D. It even includes a facsimile of the copy of "Peter Rabbit" that Beatrix paid to have printed, which she distributed to her friends and family, before it was accepted by a "real publisher" and became a mega-best-seller! Such a sweet little book, and while I'm not sure whether the journal excerpts are verbatim by Beatrix, they are still charming and provide a glimpse into the real-life world of this beloved author. I absolutely love it!!! In addition to being an interesting, charming story ((of Beatrix's youth, her dabblings with writing and drawing, her literary aspirations, her friendships and romances, etc.) strung together with snippits from Beatrix's journal, sketches and photographs, the book itself is sooo pretty and so very neat-almost like a very artsy and grown-up pop-up book, it contains an envelope with a letter inside that one can withdraw to read the story of Peter Rabbit that Beatrix first wrote to her former governess' child, a copy of the program from an art exhibition that thrilled a teenage Beatrix, a little paper "locket" with a photograph of Beatrix and of Norman inside, a little game of Peter Rabbit that she made for her friends, etc. I absolutely love it!!! In addition to being an interesting, charming story ((of Beatrix's youth, her dabblings with writing and drawing, her literary aspirations, her friendships and romances, etc.) strung together with snippits from Beatrix's journal, sketches and photographs, the book itself is sooo pretty and so very neat-almost like a very artsy and grown-up pop-up book, it contains an envelope with a letter inside that one can withd One of Annie's sweet Christmas presents to me this year. One of Annie's sweet Christmas presents to me this year.
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