Beatrix Potter: 2artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman

It is an easy read and filled with family photos and stories. It is very thorough but in a way that makes you feel her dearest friend is telling you her story. I am reading a lot of Beatrix Potter bio books to prep for a tour of the Lake District and this is by far my favorite!

This is my favorite biography of Beatrix Potter, thoroughly researched and historically accurate, with many wonderful family, home and countrylife photographs (including ones of Beatrix Potter's pet rabbit, dog, and a variety of her other animal pets). The book also contains her many beautiful illustrations, watercolors and copies of some notes and letters as well as portions of her manuscripts. Judy Taylor, an author enchanted with Beatrix Potter stories and art from early childhood, also wrote Beatrix Potter: The Artist and Her World, and two National Trust Guides: Beatrix Potter and Hilltop, and Beatrix Potter and Hawkshead. She's the editor of both Beatrix Potter's Letters: A Selection and Letters To Children from Beatrix Potter.