Set in 1913, Albert's delightful eighth Beatrix Potter cozy (after 2010's The Tale of Oat Cake Crag) smoothly blends fact and fiction. Beatrix is struggling to finish The Tale of Pigling Bland while ...
Beatrix Potter gave her readers glimpses of her gardens in the charming illustrations that accompanied her children's books about Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin and the like. Now Marta McDowell rounds ...
Troubles and trials have befallen the village of Near Sawrey in England's Lake District: In-comer rats (as opposed to the mostly well-behaved native ones) have invaded the village. Food, trinkets, ...