You know you’ve waited in the doctor’s office a long time if you are able to start and finish Sarah Fabiny’s Who Was Beatrix Potter?. This is exactly what happened to me this past week.
Beatrix Potter, the author of the twenty-three “tale” books including The Tale of Peter Rabbit was not only a groundbreaking author, but also a trailblazer in women’s rights.
Born in 1866 into a wealthy family. Potter was raised to be seen and not heard until she would eventually marry or simply stay at home and care for her aging parents. Those were her options. While her brother was sent to a boarding school to be schooled. Potter took art classes at the South Kensington Museum and excelled. Thankfully, Potter’s brother Bertram, while home from school on a visit, encouraged Potter to send out her drawings to publishers, and the rest is history.
Although met with adversity and hardship along the way, Potter is a true example of someone who can achieve her dreams with hard work and determination as told in Fabiny’s Who Was Beatrix Potter?.
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Ava got this at the book swap and was initially bummed because she was a children’s author and Ava deemed that boring. After reading her opinion completely changed and she said “She was actually really cool”. Ava is going to be just like me and have to learn that while it might not be a book you would pick, it just might be worth the read!!
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Sweet! I’m so glad she gave it a shot. Usually those are the ones that are worth reading. Potter was a true trailblazer for women.
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Beatrix Potter was the answer (oops, question) on Jeopardy a few days ago. I didn’t know she
was British!
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