Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit

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    • Mackey, Margaret

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Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit

edited by Margaret Mackey

(Children's Literature Association centennial studies, no. 1 . A children's classic at 100)

Children's Literature Association and the Scarecrow Press, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references

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Thirteen essays explore the timeless appeal of Peter's antics, and the impact of this extraordinary book on children worldwide. Contributors, each a respected scholar in the field of children's literature, examine details of Potter's life, her history as an artist, her accomplishments as a naturalist, and the contextual factors affecting her writing and illustrations. Others investigate the timelessness of this story, exploring its psychological and sociological truths and comparing Peter Rabbit to present day literature.

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