The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit, now a grown rabbit but still wearing his blue jacket, accidentally jumps into a hamper of vegetables and finds himself jolting his way to Scotland. There he meets a Mr. McGregor — a Scottish McGregor, this time, with a finer beard and a sharper pitchfork. Peter must use all his nerve and a little Highland luck to find his way home.
Written by Emma Thompson to mark the 110th anniversary of *The Tale of Peter Rabbit*, with the blessing of Frederick Warne and the Beatrix Potter estate. Thompson, who grew up reading Beatrix's books, captures her cadence: short sentences, dry humour, the small dignity of a rabbit who knows he is in trouble. Illustrated by Eleanor Taylor in watercolours faithful to Beatrix's own.
Emma Thompson is the only modern writer the estate has welcomed into Peter Rabbit's world. Her three continuations are quiet additions, never replacements. They sit on the shelf next to Beatrix's twenty-three little books like late letters from an old friend.
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- First edition
- 2012, Frederick Warne & Co.
- Author
- Emma Thompson (written to mark 110 years of Peter Rabbit)
- Illustrator
- Eleanor Taylor
- Setting
- Sawrey, Mr. McGregor's garden, and Scotland
- Position
- The first of three Emma Thompson continuations
Curiosities
- ❦Emma Thompson's involvement began as a letter she wrote to Peter Rabbit for his 110th birthday — which Frederick Warne loved enough to ask her to write a whole book.
- ❦Thompson grew up reading the Beatrix Potter books aloud with her family — "They are the first books I remember really listening to."
- ❦Eleanor Taylor's illustrations were painted in Beatrix's exact watercolour palette — careful, naturalist, never imitative.
- ❦Frederick Warne and the Beatrix Potter estate gave their formal blessing — the first time any author had been invited into Peter Rabbit's world since Beatrix herself.
- ❦The book features a Scottish Mr. McGregor — a distant cousin, presumably, of the original — adding a small piece of folklore to a hundred-year-old garden.
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