The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

by Beatrix Potter

Overview

Benjamin Bunny's offspring learn the perils of gluttony in this charming story from the popular author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
 
In this story, Benjamin Bunny's children, the Flopsy Bunnies, eat so much lettuce from Mr. McGregor's garden that they become sleepy and are almost turned into a rabbit pie. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter is part of the Xist Publishing Children's Classics collection. Each ebook has been specially formatted with full-screen, full-color illustrations and the original, charming text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532400377
Publisher:	Xist Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2022
Series:	Xist Illustrated Children's Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	54
Lexile:	660L (what's this?)
File size:	25 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	1 - 12 Years

About the Author

Beatrix Potter is one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs Tiggy-winkle, Mr Jeremy Fisher and Tom Kitten. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood.A source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was published, selling over 28,000 copies the first year. This series brought her fame and wealth. She went on to write 23 books. These works have had a profound impact on illustrated children’s books to this day.

Read an Excerpt

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific". I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit.

They certainly had a very soporific effect upon the Flopsy Bunnies!

(Continues…)

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