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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Potter)

 
 
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Potter)

To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques.

The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children's characters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both children and adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter's illustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read. Because they have always been completely true to a child's experience, Potter's 23 books continue to endure.

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Product Details:
Author: Beatrix Potter
Hardcover: 59 pages
Publisher: Warne
Publication Date: September 16, 2002
Language: English
ISBN: 0723247730
Product Length: 5.88 inches
Product Width: 4.12 inches
Product Height: 0.41 inches
Product Weight: 0.23 pounds
Package Length: 5.88 inches
Package Width: 4.12 inches
Package Height: 0.41 inches
Package Weight: 0.23 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 8 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:3.5 ( 8 customer reviews )
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:

4Benjamin Bunny  Apr 27, 2000
By Shelly Richardson
My 2 year old loves this story she calls it, the bunny's friend book. She enjoys this story more than Peter Rabbit. I think that the story is more eventful than Peter Rabit; and it is nice that the bunnies get to finish their adventure. I have read hundreds of stories to my daughter and we both find this one enjoyable my 5 month old also seems to enjoy it. She likes the colorful pictures. I guess you could say that everyone is happy when this story is chosen. If you like Peter Rabbit you'll like Benjamin Bunny.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

5Well writen, and great for children  Mar 13, 2010
By Darien Summers "Author of The Mischievous Hare, a children's book"
Full of fun and adventure, and a great companion to have with the tale of peter rabbit. While the tale of peter rabbit is full of mischief and adventure, this tale is full of adventure and teamwork (an important quality to instill in children. The book introduces a few more colorful characters to the series, and also gives peter a better ending than the last one!

The illustrations are very captivating, and it's clear that much hard work went into them.

As a writer of children's tales about rabbits, the peter rabbit series is by far my favorite. This book makes an excellent addition. I hope you and your young ones will enjoy it.

Darien Summers, author of The Mischievous Hare, a children's book.The Mischievous Hare

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

5The original books restored and presented in a child-sized book for everyone to enjoy  Oct 20, 2005
By A Reader
My son thoroughly enjoys this series. "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny" is a particularly good story to read after the child becomes familiar with "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," which sets up this story of Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit's visit to Mr. McGreggor's garden. The story itself is told in the same charming prose, using appropriate words that many of today's readers tend to avoid because they appear "too difficult." The series published by Frederick Warne, in particular, had the vision to size the book perfectly for small hands, allowing even the youngest "readers" to enjoy the story, whether it is read, or whether one studies the many delightful, detailed images that fit the text so well. I highly recommend this book, as well as the rest of the Beatrix Potter series published by Frederick Warne.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

3Costs a dollar and it's almost worth it  Mar 26, 2011
By Jason Kirkfield "The Pride and Sorrow of children's book reviewers"
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit became a classic on the strength of its illustrations, and on that most important point, this Dalmation Press edition fails.

As with my review of Dalmation's release of the original story (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), I must point out that the color on the illustrations here is not optimal, either. Perhaps not quite as over-saturated and "wet" as in that other review, but still blurry. Perhaps the result of too much enlargement?

This cheap paperback comes with cheap thin covers and cheap stapled binding. Still, it cost a buck. (We may have bought it from Target's Dollar Spot.) And it provides a fuller telling of the story than some truncated editions. That means your child will enjoy such gems as:

"Then he came back to the basket and took out his son Benjamin by the ears, and whipped him with the little switch." (!!)

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

2The Tale of Benjamin Bunny  Jan 09, 2011
By Mavis Anderson
I was very disappointed with this edition and did not give it to the Benjamin for whom it was intended. I probably did not read the description carefully enough, but I was expecting the small, hardcover copy with colored illustrations that I used to buy for my son. This copy is very dull, the illustrations are in black and white and the cover is paperback. I will have to look elsewhere for a more interesting copy.

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