The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter is just what it sounds like—a treasure trove of wonderful, endearing small tales featuring both people and animals. Beatrix Potter has today given rise to a huge industry of toys, games, and theme parks, yet the stories are still as new and exciting as they were in 1901. The Giant Treasury of Peter Rabbit, Further Tales of Peter Rabbit, and The Giant Treasury of Beatrix Potter are three volumes that have been combined into one magical volume called The Great Big Treasury. Along with his virtuous sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, Peter Rabbit is the protagonist of numerous stories. He is a naughty and rebellious little boy. While Mr. McGregor's alluring garden is brimming with delectable fruits and vegetables, their patient mother works tirelessly to keep Peter out of trouble. Old Mrs. Rabbit warns her children not to enter the garden because their father had an accident there in one of Beatrix Potter's humorous lines found in the books. He was baked inside a pie! Other noteworthy characters include the impolite Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, the cousin of Peter Rabbit, two evil mice named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Tailor Simpkin, a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and many others.
Beatrix Potter was an English author, artist, naturalist, and conservationist who lived from 28 July 1866 to 22 December 1943. She is well renowned for her animal-themed children's novels, like The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first piece to be published in 1902. More than 250 million copies of her novels, including 23 Tales, have been distributed. Peter Rabbit was the first fictional figure to be turned into a patented stuffed toy in 1903, making him the earliest licensed character. Potter was also a pioneer of merchandise. Potter was raised alone and was schooled by governesses despite being born into an upper-middle-class family. She kept several animals and vacationed in Scotland and the Lake District, where she developed a love of the outdoors and the flora and fauna, which she meticulously documented and painted. In the discipline of mycology, Potter gained acclaim for her studies and watercolors of fungi. Potter self-published The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a phenomenally popular children's book, in her forties. Potter then started working full-time on children's book writing and illustration. Potter published more than sixty books, the best-known of which is her 23 children's stories.
