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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (2002)

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0723247706 (ISBN13: 9780723247708)
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This is one of the children's books that I read for We Give Books, A Pearson Foundation Initiative to help children all around the world obtain books. It's an organization that gathers many campaigns in one spot on the web to encourage people to read many books for children. With every book you read, one gets donated to the campaign you signed up for. (There's quite a few campaigns available.) A very good friend of mine, Nicole Terazue, recommended this site to me since she knew I loved reading books! (Thanks love!) The campaign I chose to be a part of is called Jumpstart for Young Children. Every book that I read associated with We Give Books gets donated to Jumpstart for Young Children so that less fortunate kids in pre-schools all over America will be able to have more books to read from and learn. It's a fabulous project and I urge all readers, especially parents with young children, to join and help other children less fortunate than our own to read and spread the word of We Give Books. It will benefit children everywhere.Finally! I read a book written by none other than Beatrix Potter. How long I have waited to read this fabulous children's tale about the mischievous little rabbit, Peter Rabbit. It makes me happy that I read this board version of the children's classic. This particular tale follows Peter through Mr. McGregor's garden despite his mother's warnings and all the crazy hijinks that ensue. The moral of the story is that children should listen to their parents and stay out of trouble. Although I feel this is a very valuable lesson to be instilled in children at a young age (this book is recommended for the ages of 0-3), I also believe that children should be aloud to make their own mistakes. It helps build character. However, with society the way it is, many parents don't seem to agree with me in this aspect so that's fine. As long as the child gets something valuable out of reading this book then I'm quite satisfy. The illustrations to this book is very simple. There's not a lot of color and not a lot of detail but I don't think that's the point of the book. I think the simplicity of the artwork only enhances the trouble Peter went through in order to get back home and be with his mother. It's very sweet and you start to really feel for Peter towards the end. The writing was great. Even though this is the board version, I can see that Potter's writing still shines through for the younger reader to enjoy. My only complaint was how it ended so abruptly. I know if I was to read the original version, I would have enjoyed it a whole lot more. Still, it's a very good book to introduce toddlers into the reading world. I recommend you let your child read any book about Peter Rabbit! ^_^

This is my 4th Book Review: The Tale of Peter RabbitBy: Beatrix PotterThis is a classic children's story about the well known Peter Rabbit, a curious and mischievous rabbit who ignores his Mother’s strict warnings about entering into the garden of Mr. McGregor, Mrs. Rabbit reminds Peter and his three sister's Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail that their father once went into Mr. McGregor's garden and had been made into a pie - A fact that is so casually mentioned at the start of the story!Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail are as "Good as Gold" compared to Peter who is described as "One naughty little Rabbit". Mrs. Rabbit goes off to do some shopping and leaves the children playing and collecting blackberries for tea, so as Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail are happily collecting blackberries, their curious brother Peter sneaks off into Mr McGregor's garden! He finds an array of fresh vegetables and starts gobbling them up and stuffing himself so much, that he begins to feel ill and goes in search of some parsley to settle his tummy but instead he stumbles across Mr. McGregor!!Mr. McGregor starts to chase Peter with a rake. Peter becomes very frightened and begins running furiously away from Mr. McGregor losing shoes and his little blue coat along the way, eventually escaping and making it home to the snug burrow. However when Mrs. Rabbit sees Peter she is not very happy and whilst his sisters get to have bread, milk and blackberries for tea, Peter is sent straight to bed without any supper, only some chamomile tea to help his aching tummy.Beatrix Potter created a character that children can easily relate to. In the mind of a child there is nothing more tempting than doing the the opposite to what your mother or father tells you to. And Peter is a classic example of this. It is a lovely story and a classic tale that has been around since my own childhood, the words flow easily and the images are beautiful. A great picture book to have in any teachers classroom for children aged 4-6 years old, can be used at the Early Years Foundation Stage and Year 1/2 as the children are learning about the classroom routines and how to follow guidance and instructions from the teacher.

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.‘Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sand-back, underneath the root of a very big fir-tree.” Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail are good little bunnies who listen to their mothers advice and stay out of Mr. McGregor’s garden. Despite the fact that his father was eaten by the McGregors, Peter can’t resist all the wonderful vegetables that are inside the garden. He helps himself to some lovely lettuces, French beans and radishes. While looking for some delicious vegetables, Peter bumps into Mr. McGregor who chases around the garden with his sieve. Peter is terrified. He frantically makes his way to the tool shed and hides in a watering can. Luckily Mr. McGregor becomes too tired chasing this little rabbit, and Peter begins to make his way home. He runs as fast as he can and doesn’t look back. I believe this book would be suitable for both KS1 and KS2. It could be used for developing literacy and provides many cross curricular learning links in terms of Art, Geography and Music. This book is also perfect for philosophy for children lessons as it provides many opportunities for enquiry. These include: responsibility, good and bad and also the concept of rules.
—Melissa Cooney

Inspired by Ramblefoot, a gritty, naturalistic, no-holds-barred depiction of the lives of wolves, I couldn't help wondering if similar treatments weren't possible for other classics. Here's an extract from my draft rabbit novel, provisionally entitled Nojacket:Peter finished his breakfast, but the insipid, cloying taste of the dead dandelion leaves left him unsatisfied. The craving was starting to build up in him again. He needed to veg out. Suddenly, he started as a voice came from right behind him."We're looking for blackberries. You want to come, Peter?" It was his half-sister Flopsy, a precociously formed doe. She was not yet one summer old, yet already her haunches had the rounded look of a mature female. She exuded an enticing, musky odor. As if by chance, she turned her head so that their whiskers brushed, and seductively twitched her nose. For a moment, Peter was tempted, but the other urge was too strong."Sorry, Flopsy. I've got... stuff to do."With one bound, he had scooped up his blue jacket, the mark of the civilized young rabbit, and was out of the burrow before he could change his mind. He lolloped down the path as he had done many times before, then, looking both ways, he eased his trembling body under the hard wood of the gate. He was on McGregor territory. He straightened up, all his senses maximally alert, but there were no warning signals yet. With the practiced ease of the professional thief, he took the short-cut through the gooseberry bushes and emerged directly in the vegetable garden. His eyes glistened with desire as he saw the huge, plump lettuces. No longer caring about safety, he immediately attacked the nearest one, slicing into it with his razor-sharp front teeth. Green juices ran down his chin as he gorged himself on the unresisting leaves. His eyes half-closed, he chewed, swallowed, bit again, forcing the food down his throat as fast as he could eat until he reached the tender heart. In less time than one could believe possible, the lettuce was no more than an eviscerated husk. Peter contemptuously tossed away the bitter stem and then started on the radishes. Their tart, peppery red flesh contrasted delightfully with the sweet lettuce, and he frenziedly ate one after another. His swollen stomach hurt, but the pleasure was still stronger.
—Manny

This identification dramatically instills fear and tension in the reader, and interacts with the frequently distanced voice of the verbal narrative, sometimes with contradictory effects.To me Potter is inconsistent in the use of contradictory effects in the word-picture interaction. For example, in the illustration of Peter standing by the locked door, the verbal narrative describes the scene without the flippancy evident in the moment of the sieve. The inability to overcome obstacles is presented in the verbal narrative with objective matter-of-factness and the statement, “Peter began to cry” is offered without irony or attitude, thus drawing the reader closer to Peter’s emotions and plight. The illustration depicts an unclothed Peter standing upright against the door, one foot upon the other with a tear running from his eye. Without his clothes, Peter is only a small, wild animal but his tears, his emotions, and his human posture intensifies the reader’s identification with him. Here, verbal narrative and illustration work in harmony rather than in disharmony.Potter subverts not only her age’s expectations of what it takes to be a good child but subverts the hero genre with its young, objective, rational, resourceful white male who leaves the civilized world to brave obstacles and opponents in the wilderness, and, once his goal is achieved, returns home to grateful welcome and rewards. Peter is quite unlike the traditional hero because "he is small, emotionally driven, easily frightened, and a not very rational animal". She suggests Potter’s tale has encouraged many generations of children to “self-indulgence, disobedience, transgression of social boundaries and ethics, and assertion of their wild, unpredictable nature against the constrictions of civilized living.”One day, I'll read them to my kids and I'm sure, they'll enjoy it!
—Knarik Avetisyan

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