... For over a century, Beatrix Potter's art and her wonderful imagination have affected children and adults all over the world. There is hardly a person who does not know The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Starting with her first published book in 1900, Beatrix Potter went on to write thirty-two more books in her lifetime, most of which feature animals with human qualities ... story. "He had a long bushy tail" ("The Tale of Jemima-Duck" 25). The only description Potter gives for the animals in The Tailor of Gloucester is that the mice were brown; she gives more description to the tailor in this tal...

• Word Count: 2612
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School