European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 1 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 meet Bruce Greenwood meet Jim Furyk the Rabbit Hall of Fame to especially and their families Tom bump pow my put eng company inc by Betty Debnam from the my Pago by Betty o 2001 avg company the tale of Beatrix Potter o in 1893 about 114 years ago Beatrix Potter sent a letter to a Little boy who was ill eight years later she turned the letter into a Book the tale of Peter Rabbit became one of the most popular childrens books of All time it was the first of her 23 Little All were Small so kids could hold them easily millions of copies of the tale of Peter Rabbit have been sold it has been translated into Many languages country life when she was a child Beatrix enjoyed family vacations in a part of England with lots of lakes she Learned to love the country in 1905 she bought a farm there called Hill top Many of her books Are set in this area Beatrix Potter relaxes with her sheepdog Kep she loved animals All her life growing up Beatrix was born in 1866 in London England from age 8 she spent much of her time drawing she Drew her pets which included mice lizards and rabbits she also painted landscapes and plants Beatrix Potter at age 9 her family was Well Todo so she did not go to i school but was taught at Home i she had a younger brother 1 Bertram later life at the age of 47 Beatrix married a country lawyer William Heelis she became so interested in raising sheep and in country life that she had Little tune for drawing or writing she died in 1943 at the age of 77 because she was so interested in preserving nature she left a lot of land for a National Park science Illustrator not Only did Beatrix draw animals in make believe scenes but she also Drew nature As it truly was her attention to detail was so Good that she might have become an Illustrator for science books this painting of an Orange fish is one of hundreds of Beatrix potters real life drawings the mini Page thanks Frederick Warne co for help with this Story Frederick Warne co is the owner of All rights copyrights and trademarks for the Beatrix Potter character names and illustrations
