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the beginnings of a bunny called Peter

Posted: May 19, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: authors, children, illustration | Tags: , , , , |Leave a comment

Following yesterday’s post about The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, here are a couple of drawings from The West Australian and The Argus both printed on 7 September 1946 in newspaper articles promoting the release of Beatrix Potter’s biography.  Potter had illustrated letters to a child some 8 years before considering the rabbit drawings as material for a book.1946 BP biographyHow Peter Rabbit beganMrs Bunny

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