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Every book Beatrix wrote, on one quiet shelf — the original twenty-three little books, the two grown-up novels, the late-found tales, and a few modern continuations the estate let in.

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“I do not remember a time when I did not try to invent pictures and make for myself a fairyland amongst the wild flowers, the animals, fungi, mosses, woods and streams, all the thousand objects of the countryside; that pleasant, unchanging world of realism and romance, …”
— Beatrix Potter
Volume I

The Original Tales

The twenty-three little books, grouped by their world — rabbits and gardens, the farm at Hill Top, the secret lives of mice.

23 books
Volume II

Novels & Longer Works

The two grown-up books she wrote for herself when the little tales were no longer enough — quieter, stranger, deeply felt.

2 books
Volume III

Posthumous & Lost Tales

The stories found in drawers and rejected manuscripts, gathered and printed long after she had gone — late letters from an old friend.

5 books
Volume IV

Modern Continuations

New tales by Emma Thompson, the only continuations the estate has welcomed — written gently, in the spirit of the originals.

3 books
Volume V

The Nursery Shelf

Board books for the very young (ages 1–4) — adapted from the originals for small hands and short evenings. Peter Rabbit in his simplest and most cheerful form.

9 books
A Christmas Wish
2017

A Christmas Wish

Christmas Eve in the Rabbit house. Everyone has made their wish. All that remains is to fall asleep — and that is proving impossible.

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Big Brother Peter
2017

Big Brother Peter

Three new rabbits arrive at once. Peter is uncertain — until he is asked to name the third one, and being a big brother becomes something he has decided to be good at.

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Goodnight Peter
2018

Goodnight Peter

Peter shares a room with his three sisters and cannot sleep — it's too crowded, too noisy, and he is quite certain he is old enough for a room of his own.

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Happy Birthday!
2018

Happy Birthday!

It's Peter's birthday, and nobody seems to remember. The house carries on as it always does — until the surprise that shows he hadn't been forgotten at all.

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Starting School
2018

Starting School

Peter and Benjamin Bunny are starting forest school together — until Peter discovers his sisters won't be there. Mrs. Rabbit holds his paw on the way in.

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Peter Hops Aboard
2019

Peter Hops Aboard

A sunny afternoon by the pond, and Peter has decided to build a raft entirely by himself. It turns out to be more complicated than it looked.

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A Spring Surprise
2020

A Spring Surprise

The animals are gathering for a spring picnic and everyone is bringing something. Peter isn't sure what he has to offer — and sets off to find out.

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Three Little Bunnies
2020

Three Little Bunnies

Three new siblings arrive all at once, and Peter must work out how he feels about that — until a small act of naming changes everything.

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A Pumpkin for Peter
2021

A Pumpkin for Peter

Autumn walk through the woods to find a pumpkin. The younger sisters are frightened by shadows and snapping twigs. Peter is absolutely, definitively not scared.

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Volume VI

Gift Sets & Box Sets

Whole shelves bound together at once — for the new reader, the collector, or the godchild who must one day know.

1 books

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