Peter Rabbit
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Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various children's stories by English author Beatrix Potter. A mischievous, adventurous young rabbit who wears a blue jacket, he first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. The six books by Potter featuring Peter Rabbit have sold over 150 million copies. Spin-off merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, painting books, board games and dolls. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.
Grown up Peter in his nursery garden, from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
Peter Rabbit statue at Lingholm country house in the English Lake District
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904. The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. In Benjamin Bunny, Potter deepened the rabbit universe she created in Peter Rabbit, and, in doing so, suggested the rabbit world was parallel to the human world but complete and sufficient unto itself.
Peter's mother selling "herbs, and rosemary tea, and rabbit-tobacco". The concept was cut from Peter Rabbit; here it suggests a rabbit world, parallel to the human one, and complete unto itself.
A panoramic view of Keswick, Derwentwater, and the surrounding fells. Potter summered at Fawe Park in Keswick in 1903, and its kitchen garden became background for Benjamin Bunny. Derwentwater was the setting for The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin in 1903.
Peter and Benjamin gather onions for Mrs. Rabbit