The product range continues to grow today with licences around the world including baby clothing and bedding, nursery decor products and collectables. She launched the now vast merchandise programme by patenting the very first Peter Rabbit doll in 1903. With revenue from the sales of her books, Beatrix Potter bought a farm - Hill Top - in the English Lake District, where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood. Tiggy-winkle, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck, Mr. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published by Frederick Warne in 1902, she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs. The story also features Beatrix's own sheepdog, Kep, who thankfully manages to save Jemima from a nasty fate!īeatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. Jemima was a real duck belonging to Beatrix Potter, who lived at her farm, Hill Top. Little does the silly duck realise that the charming gentleman who has lent her his woodshed is busily planning a delicious meal of. At last she flies off and finds the perfect place. All she wants to do is lay her eggs in peace, and be allowed to hatch them herself. Jemima, Kep, the farmer's wife and her two children were all modeled on real world individuals at Potter's Hill Top farm.The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Potter indicated the tale was a revision of 'Little Red Riding Hood' with Jemima, the fox, and the dog parallels to the fairy tale's heroine, wolf, and woodcutter. Kep, a collie on the farm, discovers Jemima's whereabouts and rescues her just in time. Jemima accepts his invitation, little realizing her danger: the fox plans to kill and roast her. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interference, and naively confides her woes to a suave fox who invites her to nest in a shed at his home. **Large print, oversized edition for easy reading** Jemima is a domestic duck whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 Physical Information: 0.08' H x 8' W x 10' (0.18 lbs) 30 pages Lexile Measure: 770 AD (Adult Directed Text) Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platformīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions

The tale of puddle duck