Beatrix Potter (1886-1943) was an English author and illustrator, best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit. She lived the last three decades of her life in Hill Top Farm in the village of Sawrey, with her husband. Jetboy was a big fan of her books. He briefly met Potter during the war, in 12 April of 1943, when he made an emergency landing next to her farm. She gave him an autographed copy of one of her books.
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| - Beatrix Potter (1886-1943) was an English author and illustrator, best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit. She lived the last three decades of her life in Hill Top Farm in the village of Sawrey, with her husband. Jetboy was a big fan of her books. He briefly met Potter during the war, in 12 April of 1943, when he made an emergency landing next to her farm. She gave him an autographed copy of one of her books.
- Although born in London, Beatrix Potter developed a love of nature while exploring the countryside on family vacations in her childhood. She began sketching and painting animals and plants at an early age. She also enjoyed drawing illustrations for fairy tales and other popular stories, and she began to earn money as an illustrator when she was in her twenties. Around the same time, she started including illustrated short stories in her letters to the children of her former governess. In 1901, she expanded one of the stories and self-published it as The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The commercial edition published the following year was an immediate success and launched her writing career. She published 23 tales and oversaw licensing and merchandizing of her characters before retiring to dedicate
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| - Although born in London, Beatrix Potter developed a love of nature while exploring the countryside on family vacations in her childhood. She began sketching and painting animals and plants at an early age. She also enjoyed drawing illustrations for fairy tales and other popular stories, and she began to earn money as an illustrator when she was in her twenties. Around the same time, she started including illustrated short stories in her letters to the children of her former governess. In 1901, she expanded one of the stories and self-published it as The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The commercial edition published the following year was an immediate success and launched her writing career. She published 23 tales and oversaw licensing and merchandizing of her characters before retiring to dedicate herself to farming and conservation. Beatrix Potter's books remain very popular today. They have been translated into many languages and also adapted to other media many times.
- Beatrix Potter (1886-1943) was an English author and illustrator, best known for her best-selling children's books that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit. She lived the last three decades of her life in Hill Top Farm in the village of Sawrey, with her husband. Jetboy was a big fan of her books. He briefly met Potter during the war, in 12 April of 1943, when he made an emergency landing next to her farm. She gave him an autographed copy of one of her books.
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