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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1992
Page
9
Beatrix Potter born 1866 in London grew up drawing animals and landscapes. She wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit after a letter to a boy and published it as the first of 23 little books. She bought Hill Top farm in 1905 where many stories are set.
At 47 she married country lawyer William Heelis and turned to sheep farming and rural life. She devoted herself to nature and preserved land that became a national park. She died in 1943 at 77.
Beatrix Potter remains popular after nearly a century with her art on toys dishes and clothes. Her books inspired a ballet and an opera and she aimed to write and draw for children without talking down to them. The Mini Page credits Frederick Warne and Co. and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for the Beatrix Potter exhibit The World of Beatrix Potter running through May 4.
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