The author : Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
The inclusion of yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella, the birds which sing “Little bita bread and-nocheese!”) was a mistake, as their range includes Europe and much of Asia but not America. The book : Rare and attractive early american edition of the Tales of Timmy Tiptoes - intended to please her American readers, the main animal characters in the book are indigenous to North America: grey squirrels, chipmunks, and a “large bear”. Illustrations : Profusely illustrated with 26 beautiful colour plates ( printed on one side of paper).
no date (circa 1911-1914 according to endpaper (Quinby Plate X)).īinding : Very good dark green boards binding with white titles, picture onlay on front board, dot in the centre of 'of' on front board (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a removable mylar cover.Ĭontent : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, Xmas 1915 gift note on half title page- as shown). We can send to multiple address and we do it all with care and attention - it's the closest you can get to wrapping the gift yourself.Publisher : New York, Frederick Warne & Co.
Please feel free to choose a design below. We hand-wrap our gifts using museum quality gift wrapping paper and offering a hand written note in ink. WOULD YOU LIKE THIS GIFT WRAPPED? Please choose a gift wrap from the following designs! Timmy Tiptoes and his wife Goody, are two squirrels gathering nuts for the. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes By Beatrix Potter Text size: A- A A+ Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes.
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes is number twelve in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: Read The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter available from Rakuten Kobo. Before long, a strong wind blows the top off the dead tree trunk, but poor Timmy can't get himself out on account of eating far too many nuts and being a little bit too round!īeatrix wrote this story to appeal directly to her American fans and featured animals of American origin (grey squirrels, chipmunks and a black bear) all living happily in the Lake District woods! Luckily, the chipmunk who lived there was very friendly and kind to Timmy. After a terrible misunderstanding, poor Timmy Tiptoes ends up deep inside the trunk of a dead tree, with no means of getting out.
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