BEATRIX POTTER, OR THE BRITISH MOTHER NATURE IN DISGUISE
BEATRIX POTTER, OR THE BRITISH MOTHER NATURE IN DISGUISE

Summary/Abstract: Beatrix Potter is one of the best-loved children’s authors, with 28 books that she illustrated herself. Her books, translated into more than 35 languages, sold over 100 million copies, and helped their author achieve something worthy of a modern Mother Nature: preserve natural beauty. In other words, Beatrix Potter wrote about the animals at the farm for children to learn good manners and life lessons, drew beautiful illustrations of rabbits, ducks and mice – which highly increased the value of her books - , created and sold animal toys, and, with the money earned, she bought land and farms that, on her death, she donated to the National Trust. A modern woman, Beatrix Potter may be considered a British Mother Nature in the disguise of an author of children’s books, whose importance in the preservation of the Cumbrian landscape is to be acknowledged at full value.

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