Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of July 28th
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It is the 209th day of the year, leaving 156 days remaining in 2022.
She told her fanciful tales of animal adventures in a deceptively simple voice for her young readers. She illustrated those books with watercolor drawings of the rabbits, hedgehogs, and wildlife that were anthropomorphic yet distinctively animals.
She was a naturalist who studied botany and mycology, creating realistic depictions of fungi and microscopic fungi spores.
But it was the tales she wrote and drew for children that have given her lasting acclaim. Her first effort in 1901, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was written for the sick child of her former governess. It was so well received that a year later it was published in Britain to great success.
The story of Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail and Peter is an adventurous yet cautionary tale of a mischievous rabbit who strays from his mother's orders and enters a neighbor's garden. Peter manages to escape the farmer's wrath but learns his lesson.
Like other tales from Potter, it is wryly and simply told, with humor and a moral at the end. The accompanying drawings move the narrative along. The books were small enough so even the youngest hand could grasp and hold them.
Over the next decade, Potter published a tale or two every year, including The Tale of Miss Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Miss Moppet, and The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. In all, she wrote 23 tales, along with various other writings, some that were recently discovered and published.
Potter died in 1943 on her farm in Cumbria, England. Her vast landholdings were donated to the National Trust, which created the Lake District National Park.
Her stories remain available and widely read today.
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