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From: Country Living
Date: 20000401
Author:HOLM, MATTHEW
Just in time for Easter comes the new book At Home with Beatrix Potter, the Creator of Peter Rabbit (Abrams; $24.95), by Susan Denyer. Potter (right), the artist and storyteller who brought to life such childhood favorites as Peter Rabbit, Samuel Whiskers, and Jemima Puddleduck, was also an ardent conservationist and quite a decorator, to boot. The book takes readers to Potter's farmhouse and garden at Hill Top, set amid the striking landscape of England's Lake District. Photographs of the interior, gardens, and local scenery are set beside Potter's own illustrations to reveal the ...
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