Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was a British children's book author and illustrator whose stories featured anthropomorphic animals. Her first and most famous story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was initially self-published. Other notable titles, often with whimsical multisyllabic names for the characters, include The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, and The Tale of Two Bad Mice. 
Potter drew on her research and illustrations drawn from the natural sciences for her work. Particularly interested in mycology (the study of fungi), she deeded many of her related illustrations and other scientific artwork to the Armitt Museum in Cumbria, where it is part of a permanent exhibition.
==References==
*The Complete Adventures of Tom Kitten and His Friends is included among Slimey's library in the October 1985 issue of Sesame Street Magazine.
*Grundgetta initially chooses The Tale of Two Bad Mice as one of several grouchy sounding books to check out in Sesame Street Episode 2989. However, the "cutesy wootsy pictures" put her off. Gordon points out that Beatrix Potter was the author and also drew the pictures.
*A biographical film titled Miss Potter was optioned by the Jim Henson Company in 1996 but never produced.
==Connections==
See The Tale of Peter Rabbit for more
*Alan Bennett voiced Timmie Willie in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends episode "The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse" (1995)
*Michael Coleman played Jeremy Fisher in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971 film)
*Graham Fletcher played a pig and a town mouse in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971 film)
*Edward Fox played Captain Barnabas and the butcher in The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990 TV movie)
*Dawn French played Porcas in The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990 TV movie)
*Richard Griffiths voiced characters on The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: Mr. Jackson in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding" (1993) and "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse" (1995) and Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton in "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher" (1994) 
*Ian Holm played the tailor in The Tailor of Gloucester (1989 TV movie) and voiced the same role in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends animated version (1993)
*Anthony Jackson voiced a policeman in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends episode "The Tale of Pigling Bland" (1994)
*Hugh Laurie voiced Johnny Town-Mouse in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends episode "The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse" (1995)
*Jude Law played a stableboy in The Tailor of Gloucester (1989 TV movie)
*Anton Lesser played Harold Warne in Miss Potter (2006 film)
*Bill Paterson played Rupert Potter in Miss Potter (2006 film)
*Jennifer Saunders played Dorcas in The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990 TV movie)
*John Gordon Sinclair voiced John Joiner in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends episode "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding" (1993)
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