THE TALE OF MR JEREMY FISHER: The Tales of Peter Rabbit & Friends - Book 08

Beatrix Potter

Sep 2018 · The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends Book 8 · Abela Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Jeremy Fisher is a frog who lives in a "slippy-sloppy" house at the edge of a pond. One rainy day he collects worms for fishing, and sets off across the pond on his lily-pad boat. He plans to invite his friends for dinner if he catches more than five minnows. He encounters all sorts of setbacks to his goal, and escapes a large trout who tries to swallow him. He swims for shore, decides he will not go fishing again, and hops home.

Written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in July 1906.
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Ratings and reviews

I loved this book as a child and at 60 yrs. Old I still do...the best part is reading it to my grandson!

About the author

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Born into an upper-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. 

Though Potter was typical of women of her generation in having limited opportunities for higher education, her study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time.