The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The foundational and most accessible starting point for Potter's classic animal tales.
Author guide
Beatrix Potter Books in Order
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, farmer, and conservationist. Her illustrated animal stories, beginning with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, became classics of children's literature. She also wrote nursery-rhyme books, activity books, an almanac, the autobiographical children's novel The Fairy Caravan, and several works published posthumously from manuscripts and unpublished material.
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The Fairy Caravan
A standalone children's novel showing Potter's longer-form and autobiographical fiction.
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Books by series
collection · complete
The Tales of Beatrix Potter
The 23 principal small-format animal tales and nursery-rhyme books published during Beatrix Potter's career.
- 1 The Tale of Peter RabbitAmazon ↗
Book 1 · picture-book · 1902
- 2
The Tale of Squirrel NutkinAmazon ↗Book 2 · picture-book · 1903
- 3
The Tailor of GloucesterAmazon ↗Book 3 · picture-book · 1903
- 4
The Tale of Benjamin BunnyAmazon ↗Book 4 · picture-book · 1904
- 5
The Tale of Two Bad MiceAmazon ↗Book 5 · picture-book · 1904
- 6
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-WinkleAmazon ↗Book 6 · picture-book · 1905
- 7
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-PanAmazon ↗Book 7 · picture-book · 1905
- 8
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy FisherAmazon ↗Book 8 · picture-book · 1905
- 9
The Story of a Fierce Bad RabbitAmazon ↗Book 9 · picture-book · 1906
- 10
The Story of Miss MoppetAmazon ↗Book 10 · picture-book · 1906
- 11 The Tale of Tom KittenAmazon ↗
Book 11 · picture-book · 1907
- 12
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-DuckAmazon ↗Book 12 · picture-book · 1908
- 13 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers; or, The Roly-Poly PuddingAmazon ↗
Book 13 · picture-book · 1908
- 14
The Tale of the Flopsy BunniesAmazon ↗Book 14 · picture-book · 1909
- 15
The Tale of Ginger and PicklesAmazon ↗Book 15 · picture-book · 1909
- 16
The Tale of Mrs. TittlemouseAmazon ↗Book 16 · picture-book · 1910
- 17
The Tale of Timmy TiptoesAmazon ↗Book 17 · picture-book · 1911
- 18
The Tale of Mr. TodAmazon ↗Book 18 · picture-book · 1912
- 19
The Tale of Pigling BlandAmazon ↗Book 19 · picture-book · 1913
- 20
Appley Dapply's Nursery RhymesAmazon ↗Book 20 · nursery-rhymes · 1917
- 21
The Tale of Johnny Town-MouseAmazon ↗Book 21 · picture-book · 1918
- 22
Cecily Parsley's Nursery RhymesAmazon ↗Book 22 · nursery-rhymes · 1922
- 23
The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonAmazon ↗Book 23 · picture-book · 1930
series · complete
Beatrix Potter Painting Books
Beatrix Potter activity and painting books based on her animal characters.
Outside the series
