The Work
Her Work
Beyond the little books — the watercolours, the science, the picture letters, and the years she taught herself to draw. The making of an artist.
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The Work Begins
Dear Noel, I Don't Know What to Write to You: The Picture LettersBeatrix Potter's illustrated letters to the Moore children — playful, precise, and entirely their own genre — and how they became the raw material for her books.The Self-Published Peter Rabbit: When She Printed It HerselfThe story of how Beatrix Potter privately published The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1901 — the costs, the print run of 250, and more.
