The Tales of Beatrix Potter

Beatrice Potter is an English children’s writer who lived and wrote at the beginning of the last century. In England, she is proud of as a fairy-tale teller, and her works are even considered a national treasure. Her fairy tales are known and loved by children all over the world. Who knows who you won’t see there! In them, a hedgehog laundress, Uhti-Tuhti, washes clothes for the forest inhabitants, squirrels stock up on nuts for winter and get into trouble, a little cat in boots and a jacket goes hunting with a pneumatic rifle, Peter Rabbit in a blue jacket goes to the nearest vegetable garden to feast on a bit of cabbage—but runs into the злоязкий owner-farmer…

Beatrix Potter loved animals very much, studied them all her life, and wrote specifically about them—funny and serious, timid and brave, sensible and desperate. And Miss Potter herself created illustrations for her little works: she “dressed” the animals in dresses, frock coats, and little hats, and they became so similar to people…

These kind fairy tales are still loved by children today—both the little ones and the older kids. After all, there are so many heroes a child can empathize with, and so many adventures that captivate. And for parents, Potter’s books are a kind of “ticket into childhood”: a place where Mom in the evenings, of course, reads aloud—with expression—about cheerful little animals who taught daughters and sons friendship, loyalty, and mutual help.