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Potter, The Complete Tales of Beatrix: Audio Set (Classic, Children's, Audio) | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Media: Audio Cassette
Pages: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0140861203
EAN: 9780140861204
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 Meet Peter Rabbit and His Friends February 8, 2008
It could be that more people know ABOUT the stories of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)than actually know them. Peter Rabbit is certainly well known, and all the stories tend to get lumped into the category of toddler tales. Not so! Most of them are for children a little older, who can perhaps even read them themselves as well as enjoy being read to. There are a couple of true picture books for the very young, and a couple of longer stories for older children.
But who knew? The way to know is to listen to all the stories yourself, and this audio book makes it very easy to enjoy them with your children or grandchildren. You may be surprised to find that, despite Miss Potter's justly renowned illustrations, the stories are good ones and interesting in themselves.
Explain to your youngsters that Beatrix Potter was very interested in farming, and had a farm herself when she was older (actually, she had several); she came to know farm animals very well, and some characters get into other characters' stories because they live together. Any terms you don't quite understand (we didn't know what a patty-pan, a roly-poly pudding, or a stile were) can be very easily looked up on the Internet.
All that being said, this is a fine audio book to have. There's nothing fancy about it - it's just quite well done. My grandchildren are enjoying it, and I am, too!
 audiobook tracking (Nadia May) ANNOYING - what were they thinking?! January 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We've taken this one out of our local library and the tracking on the cds is incredibly annoying. In spite of tracking every few minutes, and that these are *very* short tales, often only 2-3 tracks long, not one of the stories we have heard thusfar begins at the beginning of a track. That's right, there is no way to hear any of these stories (including the first one, The Tale of Peter Rabbit) without fast forwarding through a track to find the beginning. What was Blackstone THINKING when they broke the tracks up like this?! Needless to say, we shall not be purchasing a copy of this one - we'll go looking for the Shelley Frasier version (Tantor) instead.
Wonderful book! January 9, 2008
I recently ordered this book from Amazon.com and was very happy with the book - especially for the price!
The book is breathtakingly beautiful and the slipcase makes it more of an heirloom item, rather than a simple book for young children. This book is the complete works by Beatrix Potter and so much easier to read than the smaller books orginally published for small childrens' grip.
I would strongly recommend ALL parents of young children - as well as adults reminiscing of days gone by, to purchase this book and keep it in a place of prominence on your bookshelves.
I still can not get over the great price for such a wonderfully crafted book!
One of the greatest childrens books April 1, 2007
This is a must read for little kids. It's fun, entertaining, politically incorrect, well illustrated, teaches good lessons and uses the English language the way it was meant to be. The high-gloss paper is nice.
A Beautiful Book November 10, 2006
I bought this book for my grandchildren, and couldn't be more pleased. A great introduction to classic children's books. Beautifully illustrated with the original drawings. This is a book to keep and pass down to the next generation.
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