Beatrix Potter’s tales and illustrations of Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and friends, set in quintessential English villages and on Edwardian farms, have charmed children for decades. But alongside being an artist and author, Beatrix Potter was a natural scientist, a conservationist, a farmer, sheep-breeder, and shrewd businesswoman.
So how did this shy, shelte ... Show More
Dec 2022
The Sleepy History of Beatrix Potter
Narrator: Elizabeth 🇬🇧
Writer: Jessica ✍️
Sound design: gentle birdsong 🐦🌺
Includes mentions of: Animals, Children, Romance, Death, History
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll learn all about the incredible life of the writer and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Through h ... Show More
47m 53s
May 2021
Peter Rabbit and other tales by Beatrix Potter
<p>Drift off to sleep tonight with The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and, The Tale of the Two Bad Mice, all from the Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter.</p><p>If you'd like to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here - ... Show More
30m 12s
Nov 2022
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | The Roly-Poly Pudding
Tonight, Elizabeth reads "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck," "The Roly-Poly Pudding" from "The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter," a collection of Potter’s stories and short books from the early 1900s. Listen to the music from The Sleepy Bookshelf in a relaxing soundscape on Dee ... Show More
45m 19s
Tonight, Elizabeth reads "The Pie and the Patty-Pan," "The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher," "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit," "The Story of Miss Moppet," "The Tale of Tom Kitten" from "The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter," a collection of Potter’s stories and short books from t ... Show More
