Listen to The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter
"Nadia May's dramatization is very good. Peter Rabbit is young and reckless, Squirrel
Nutkin as rude as can be, the cats sound dangerous, and the mice in "The Tailor of Gloucester"well,
they sound just like the most sociable mice I know."AudioFile
This collection of eighteen of Beatrix Potter's charming stories about Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten, Squirrel Nutkin,
Mrs. Tittlemouse, and the others have enchanted children for over a hundred years and will surely do so well
into the future. Beatrix Potter's tales were often connected with real places, people, or animals, so each story
also includes a brief introductory note about its history.
Beatrix
Potter (1866-1943) born in Kensington Square, London, England, was
raised by governesses and nurses, with little interaction with her
parents. Alone in the third floor nursery, she spent her time studying
and sketching the small animals that were her closest companions. Her
brother Bertram was born six years later and for a time they became
inseperable companions. In the summers the Potter rented a house in the
Scottish highlands and here the children would spend joyous hours
exploring the countryside, gathering plants, insects, rocks and fossils.
Nadia
May has been nominated as an AudioFile Golden Voice five years running
and is a winner of thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is the
co-founder of TheatreFirst, a theater company in the San Francisco Bay
Area where she currently lives.
