num_pages: 40
description: Through she's universally known as the creator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter did so much more. This is the true story about how she helped save the English countryside!Growing up in London Beatrix Potter felt the restraints of Victorian times. Girls didn't go to school and weren't expected to work. But she longed to do something important something that truly mattered. As Beatrix spent her summers in the country and found inspiration in nature it was through this passion that her creativity flourished. There she crafted The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She would eventually move to the countryside full-time but developers sought to change the land. To save it Beatrix used the money from the success of her books and bought acres and acres of land and farms to prevent the development of the countryside that both she and Peter Rabbit so cherished. Because of her efforts it's been preserved just as she left it.
language: English
title: Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
publisher: little bee books