{"product_id":"the-complete-peter-rabbit-library-23-hardcover-book-set-1","title":"The Complete Peter Rabbit Library [23 Hardcover Book Set]","description":"\u003c!-- more --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"features-list\" id=\"listing_description\"\u003e\n\u003c!-------------DESKTOP ICON------------------\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-desktop\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-------------DESKTOP ICON END------------\u003e \u003c!---------------MOBILE ICON-------------------\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-mobile\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!---------------MOBILE ICON END------------\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin Peter Rabbit and friends on their many adventures\u003c\/strong\u003e through Mr. McGregor's garden. \u003cstrong\u003eAll 23 original stories by Beatrix Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e are available in this beautiful \u003cstrong\u003eThe Complete Peter Rabbit Library 23 Hardcover Book\u003c\/strong\u003e gift set.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after dosing him with tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is about an impertinent red squirrel named Nutkin and his narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown. The book followed Potter's hugely successful The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and was an instant hit. The now familiar endpapers of the Peter Rabbit series were introduced in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tailor of Gloucester\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tailor of Gloucester was first published in 1903 and tells the story of a poor tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard winter. He has a terribly important commission to complete for the Mayor of Gloucester's wedding on Christmas Day but is ill and tired, and before long is running out of food and thread, as well as time! How will he possibly complete the beautiful coat and embroidered waistcoat? Luckily, there lives in the dresser, some very kind and very resourceful mice who set about helping the poor tailor with his work. Not only are they exceedingly helpful, but they are also, luckily, far far too clever for the tailor's sly cat, Simpkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit’s cousin, Benjamin Bunny, has been a very popular character since this book’s first publication in 1904. In this tale we hear all about his and Peter’s adventures in Mr McGregor’s vegetable garden, and what happens to them when they meet a cat! Even more frightening, is what happens to the two pesky bunnies when Old Mr Benjamin Bunny finds out what they have been up to!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Two Bad Mice\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tale is about two mice who vandalize a dollhouse. After finding the food on the dining room table made of plaster, they smash the dishes, throw the doll clothing out the window, tear the bolster, and carry off a number of articles to their mouse-hole. When the little girl who owns the dollhouse discovers the destruction, she positions a policeman doll outside the front door to ward off any future depredation. The two mice atone for their crime spree by putting a crooked sixpence in the doll's stocking on Christmas Eve and sweeping the house every morning with a dust-pan and broom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle was first published in 1905, and is as charming today as it was then. It tells the tale of a hidden home high in the hills. It is discovered one day by a little girl called Lucie, who is in search of her missing pocket handkerchiefs. She knocks on the tiny door, and meets Mrs Tiggy-winkle who does all the washing and ironing for the neighbouring animals. Lucie spends a lovely day helping her, and it’s only right at the end of the day that she realises Mrs Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeremy Fisher is a frog who lives in a \"slippy-sloppy\" house at the edge of a pond. One rainy day he collects worms for fishing, and sets off across the pond on his lily-pad boat. He plans to invite his friends for dinner if he catches more than five minnows. He encounters all sorts of setbacks to his goal, and escapes a large trout who tries to swallow him. He swims for shore, decides he will not go fishing again, and hops home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Tom Kitten\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale begins with three feline siblings – Tom Kitten and his sisters Moppet and Mittens – tumbling about the doorstep and playing in the dust. Their mother, Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, expects \"fine company\" for tea so she fetches the children indoors to wash and dress them before her friends arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoor Jemima. All she wants to do is lay her eggs in peace, and be allowed to hatch them herself. At last she flies off and finds the perfect place. Little does the silly duck realise that the charming gentleman who has lent her his woodshed is busily planning a delicious meal of... roast duck!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Flopsy Bunnies, Benjamin Bunny and his cousin Flopsy are the parents of six young rabbits called simply The Flopsy Bunnies. The story concerns how the Flopsy Bunnies, while raiding a rubbish heap of rotting vegetables, fall asleep and are captured by Mr. McGregor who places them in a sack. While McGregor is distracted, the six are freed by Thomasina Tittlemouse, a woodmouse, and the sack filled with rotten vegetables by Benjamin and Flopsy. At home, Mr. McGregor proudly presents the sack to his wife, but receives a sharp scolding when she discovers its actual content.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMrs. Tittlemouse is a woodmouse who lives in a \"funny house\" of long passages and storerooms beneath a hedge. Her efforts to keep her dwelling tidy are thwarted by insect and arachnid intruders who create all sorts of messes about the place: a lost beetle leaves dirty footprints in a passage and a spider inquiring after Miss Muffet leaves bits of cobweb here and there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer toad neighbour Mr. Jackson lets himself into her parlour, stays for dinner, and searches her storerooms for honey but leaves a mess behind. Poor Mrs. Tittlemouse wonders if her home will ever be tidy again, but after a good night's sleep, she gives her house a fortnight's spring cleaning, polishes her little tin spoons, and holds a party for her friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-------------DESKTOP SIDE------------------\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-desktop\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 40%; float: right; margin-left: 2%;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-------------DESKTOP SIDE END------------\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Timmy Tiptoes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tale is set in a forest and begins with \"once upon a time\". Timmy Tiptoes is \"a little fat comfortable grey squirrel\" living in a nest thatched with leaves in the top of a tall tree with his little wife, Goody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimmy Willie is a country mouse who falls asleep in a hamper of vegetables after eating peas and is carried to the city. When the hamper is opened, Timmy escapes to find himself in a large house. He slips through a hole in the skirting board and lands in the midst of a mouse dinner party hosted by Johnny Town-mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimmy is made welcome – and tries his best to fit in, but finds the noises made by the house cat and the maid frightening and the rich food difficult to digest and feels ill. He returns via the hamper to his country home after extending an invitation to Johnny Town-mouse to visit him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe following spring, Johnny Town-mouse pays Timmy Willie a visit. He complains of the dampness and finds such things as cows and lawnmowers frightening. He returns to the city in the hamper of vegetables after telling Timmy country life is too quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Mr. Tod\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tale begins with Tommy Brock, a badger, being entertained by old Mr. Bouncer, the father of Benjamin Bunny. Mr. Bouncer has been left to tend his grandchildren while his son and daughter-in-law Flopsy are away, but, after smoking a pipe of rabbit-tobacco, he falls asleep in Tommy's company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Pigling Bland\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAunt Pettitoes, an old sow, can no longer cope with her eight troublemaking offspring and thus makes them leave home, with the exception of a well-behaved sow named Spot. Two of them, boars named Pigling Bland and Alexander, go to market. Pigling Bland is very sensible but the more frivolous Alexander loses his pig licence and, when he fails to produce them to a passing policeman, is made to return to the farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReluctantly going on alone, Pigling Bland later finds the missing papers, which ended up in his pocket as a result of an earlier scuffle with Alexander. He tries to find his brother but ends up getting lost in the woods and has to spend the night in a stranger's chicken coop. He is found in the morning by a gruff farmer, Peter Thomas Piperson, who allows him to stay in his house, but Pigling is not sure the farmer is trustworthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Samuel Whiskers\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMrs. Tabitha Twitchit is a mother cat with three mischievous kittens named Moppet, Mittens, and Tom Kitten. One day, as she gets ready to do some baking, Tabitha decides to put the kittens in a cupboard to keep them from getting into mischief. She catches Moppet and Mittens but she cannot find Tom anywhere. The house is old and very big, with many cupboards and other hiding places. Tabitha becomes desperate and goes all over the house mewing for her missing boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cat named Ribby sends a dog named Duchess an invitation to come to tea. In the invitation, Ribby says that is going to make a delicious pie in her pink and white pie dish. The pie will be just for Duchess. Ribby is going to eat muffins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale of Ginger and Pickles\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGinger, a yellow tomcat, and Pickles, a terrier, are partners in operating a village shop that offers a variety of goods including red spotty handkerchiefs, \"sugar, snuff, and goloshes\". Ginger inspires fear in their mouse customers and Pickles their rabbit customers. Ginger's mouth waters as the mice leave the shop with their parcels. The two extend unlimited credit to customers who never pay. The till remains empty. The shopkeepers are forced to eat their own goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Tale Of Little Pig Robinson\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle Pig Robinson's aunts, Miss Porcas and Miss Dorcas, send him to the market to sell produce from their farm and purchase certain items they need. On his way home from the market, Little Pig Robinson is stopped by a sailor who offers him an array of goods and an opportunity to travel. Little Pig Robinson agrees to the sailor's offer and goes with the sailor to the ship. There, the sailor tells Little Pig Robinson to go down and help himself to \"muffins and crumpets\". The sailors then leave the dock and Little Pig Robinson quickly realizes he has been kidnapped. He further realizes that the sailor he had met at the market was in truth the ship's cook who had planned to turn Little Pig Robinson into a fine feast for the ship's men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the help of the ship's resident cat, Little Pig Robinson escapes on a rowboat and finds his way to \"the land where the Bong tree grows\". Some time later Pig Robinson meets the Owl and the Pussycat there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bad rabbit finds a good rabbit sitting on a bench eating a carrot his mother gave him. Wanting the carrot, he takes it from the good rabbit and scratches him. The good rabbit escapes and hides in a nearby hole. Meanwhile, a hunter notices the bad rabbit sitting on the bench and mistakes him for a bird. He fires at the bad rabbit, but finds nothing but a carrot and a rabbit tail on the bench. The good rabbit then sees the bad rabbit running away without his whiskers and tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Story Of Miss Moppet\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale opens with an illustration of a wide-eyed kitten: \"This is a Pussy called Miss Moppet, she thinks she has heard a mouse!\" The following illustration depicts a mouse wearing a pink bowtie and green jacket \"peeping out behind the cupboard, and making fun of Miss Moppet. He is not afraid of a kitten.\" Miss Moppet darts at him, but misses and bumps her head on the cupboard. She hits the cupboard very hard and rubs her nose. The mouse scurries to the top of the cupboard and watches her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAppley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes is a children's picture book by the British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. It was first published in October 1917. It is an illustrated anthology of poetry. Unlike the majority of the poems in Beatrix Potter's 1922 poetry anthology Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, all of those in Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes are original ones, written by Potter herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eCecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes is a sequel to Beatrix Potter's first rhyme collection, Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes. Like the previous book it contains material she had produced and collected over a period of many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!---------------MOBILE SIDE-------------------\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-mobile\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 50%; float: right; margin-left: 15px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!---------------MOBILE SIDE END------------\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese classic books are wonderful for new readers and those re-exploring these adventurous characters!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin; Beatrix Potter Edition (2012)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 072326872X\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 978-0723268727\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.8 x 8.4 x 6.6 Inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"clear:both;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40727893704789,"sku":"SV0030931PL","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1288\/8361\/files\/the_complete_peter_rabbit_library_hardcover_book_case_cover_06dc6798-a0ac-4135-8f04-eaa3c6bb0677.jpg?v=1700245141","url":"https:\/\/shopverse.com\/products\/the-complete-peter-rabbit-library-23-hardcover-book-set-1","provider":"Shopverse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}