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When The Tailor of Gloucester sends his cat to buy some food and a twist of silk for a waistcoat, he discovers a secret-the cat has imprisoned mice under some teacups. After the tailor releases the mice, the cat hides the twist of silk in anger. But how can the tailor finish the waistcoat now? The third of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tailor of Gloucester was based on a true story, and was...
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The whole family is on full alert when Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny's seven little bunnies are kidnapped by the wily badger, Tommy Brock. Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny track Tommy all the way to the dreadful, mysterious hide-out of the foxy-whiskered and thoroughly disagreeable Mr. Tod.
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In The Tale of Pigling Bland, an old sow sends away her eight rambunctious children. One of them, Pigling Bland gets lost in the woods and spends the night in a strange chicken-coop. The owner, a farmer named Peter Piperson offers to let Pigling Bland stay at his farm, but Pigling Bland isn't sure that's a good idea. When he meets a beautiful black pig named Pig-Wig, the two make plans to escape. The nineteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated...
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1985, c1908
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81 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 14 cm.
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In The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding, Tom Kitten is a young cat who lives with his mother and sisters in a house overrun with rats. When Tom Kitten stumbles into the home of a rat, Samuel Whiskers, and his wife Anna Maria, Tom Kitten faces the unsettling prospect of getting turned into a their dinner pudding. The thirteenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers...
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c1905
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74 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 14 cm.
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In The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, Ribby, a cat, invites a little dog called Duchess to tea. Duchess accepts the invitation but is anxious that she will be served mouse. When Duchess switches pies in Ribby's oven before tea, confusion ensues. The seventh of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan has delighted children since its release in 1905.
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In The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, a squirrel Timmy and his wife Goody are collecting nuts for the winter. But when a passing flock of birds suspect Timmy of raiding the birds' stores, they stuff him through a hole in a tree. Will Timmy escape? What will Goody do? The seventeenth of Beatrix Potter's 22 charmingly illustrated tales of animals in amusing situations, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes has delighted children and adults alike since its release in 1911....
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In The Tale of Two Bad Mice, two mice, upset at learning the food in a dollhouse is fake, go on a vandalism spree. When the little girl who owns the dollhouse sees the destruction, she puts a policeman doll outside the doll house to prevent any more vandalism. To make up for their nefarious deeds, the two mice put a crooked sixpence in the doll's stocking on Christmas Eve and tidy up the house with a dust-pan and broom. The fifth of Beatrix Potter's...
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When Miss Kitty sneaks out to go hunting in her beautiful boots she gets herself into all sorts of scrapes, but on this particular night she meets the foxiest hunter of them all Mr. Tod! This utterly entertaining tale is filled with mistaken identities, devious villains and even an appearance from Peter Rabbit.
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