The Original Peter Rabbit Miniature Collection: Mr. Jeremy Fisher - Softcover

Potter, Beatrix

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0723235171 ISBN 13: 9780723235170

Publisher: Warne, 1988

Synopsis

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Jeremy's origin lies in a letter she wrote to a child in 1893. She revised it in 1906, and moved its setting from the River Tay to the English Lake District. The tale reflects her love for the Lake District and her admiration for children's illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Jeremy 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.

About this title

About the Author

Beatrix Potter is one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs Tiggy-winkle, Mr Jeremy Fisher and Tom Kitten. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood.

A source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist.

Edition details

• Publisher: Warne
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0723235171
• ISBN 13: 9780723235170
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64