It''s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix
Potter''s very first book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and in
celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of
her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books,
these editions have delightful colourful covers and specially
designed endpapers. And to make them extra special, we have
included a publisher''s note to tell you all about the history of
how each book came to be. "The Tale of Pigling Bland" was published
the year that Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to
farming life for good. She had already been keeping pigs and she
sketched them for this story, using her own farmyard as the
setting. One little black pig was a household pet and features as
the "perfectly lovely" Pig-wig who runs away with Pigling Bland.
"The Tale of Pigling Bland" is number 15 in Beatrix Potter''s series
of 23 little books.
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Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world''s best-loved
children''s authors of all time. 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. Tiggy-winkle, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck, Mr. Jeremy
Fisher and Tom Kitten. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful
illustrations have become a natural part of childhood.