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This beautiful book explores the beloved writer's achievements as a storyteller, artist, and naturalist.Beatrix Potter's universe of characters - Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddleduck - have delighted audiences for over a century. A creative pioneer and determined entrepreneur, she combined scientific observation with imaginative storytelling to create some of the world's best-loved children's books. This volume showcases Potter's charming charac-ters against the backdrop of her exquisite botanical drawings, humorous illustrated letters to friends, Lake District landscapes, and rarely seen photographs.  Beatrix Potter's endearingly hand-painted world of animals and gardens made her one of the most celebrated children's book authors of all time, yet this is but one facet of her creative life.