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Jeanette Winter Beatrix: Various Episodes from the Life of Beatrix Potter.(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

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From: The Horn Book Magazine
Date: 20030501
Author:Robinson, Lolly

illus. by the author 64 pp. Foster/Farrar 3/03 ISBN 0-374-30655-9 15.00 (Primary)

This small, square book manages to subtly evoke Potter by mimicking the format and design of her books and including small visual details that may only be noticed by true Potter devotees. Told in the first person with direct quotes in italics, the text offers a brief glimpse of this beloved and much-written-about picture book creator. Winter's goal here (as with her books about Emily Dickinson and Georgia O'Keeffe) seems to be to capture the spirit of her subject rather than provide every ...

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