We’re all familiar with “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit ventures into Mr. McGregor’s garden despite explicitly being told not to by his mother. His sisters, Mopsy, Flopsy ...

Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel ...

The Alliance Theatre will present the second Hertz Stage production of the 2023/24 season, the world premiere of its new musical, INTO THE BURROW: A PETER RABBIT™ TALE. The Alliance’s production is ...

She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status. Beatrix Potter around 1900 outside her home. Though The ...

A lecturer at a college university in England accused a beloved children’s book author of stealing stories from African slaves. On May 19, Dr. Emily Zobel Marshall from Leeds Beckett University ...

The Tale of Peter Rabbit—what is the secret of its continuing appeal. A hundred years after it first appeared, children and parents continue to read it. Teachers use it during story time, engaging ...

TOKYO — A Japanese academic has unearthed a 1906 Japanese-language version of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” the first book in the “Peter Rabbit” series by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), that appears to be ...

Maureen Kirk wanted something less juvenile for her guest room. The wallpaper adorned with pink ribbons and bows was coming down and a neutral cream color was going up. Then Mother Rabbit appeared, ...

Many teen-agers will go to great lengths to keep their diaries private—I kept a little key for mine in a wooden jewelry box, which I guarded jealously—but the children’s book author Beatrix Potter ...