tale fisher tale fisher children book written illustrated potter published frederick july origin lies letter wrote child revised moved setting river english lake district tale reflects love lake district admiration children illustrator fisher frog lives sloppy house edge pond rainy day collects worms fishing sets pond lily pad boat plans invite friends dinner catches encounters sorts setbacks goal escapes large trout tries swallow shore decides fishing home potter tale pays homage summers father companions passed sport fishing rented country estates scotland following tale publication child fan wrote potter suggesting find wife potter responded series miniature letters theme potter death issued firms produce potter characters friends released toys merchandise plot fisher frog lives damp little house edge pond passage sloppy water likes getting feet wet catches cold day finds decides fishing catch invite friends dinner puts shiny takes rod basket sets enormous place keeps lily pad boat poles place knows good sits cross legged lily pad arranges tackle little red float rod stalk grass line hour passes takes break butterfly sandwich water beetle toe causing withdraw legs rats rushes force seek safer location drops line water immediately bite little jack sharp fish escapes fingers jack spines little fishes come surface laugh sore fingers trout rises water snap screams trout finds surface water like bubbles water bottle pond edge bank home meadow having lost fishing equipment sure fishing pages sticking plaster fingers friends sir newton eats wears black gold brings string bag prepared sauce narrator describes dish frog treat thinks nasty background addition pet frogs potter youth influences include potter sport fishing father william potter illustrator margaret lane author magic years potter notes potter fond taking friends fishing early age familiar hazards dry fly fishing girl endure father friends relating fishing adventures picture fisher sir newton rich observation amphibians elderly gentlemen prone confuse memory potter sport collected works fisher potter tried copy felt failed try copy stated achieve resemblance biographer writes potter declared greatest admiration work jealous appreciation think names commonly plane artist potter biographer author potter life nature writes potter wanted frog story time amusing offered opportunity naturalist illustrations delighted story fisherman luck reminded fish stories father friends told scotland brother rod reel recreated gentlemen club atmosphere absorbed father reports evenings spent reform text illustrations story balanced compatible writing nature described illustrated beautifully aggressive carefully coloured botanical backgrounds water plants frog correct turned feet trout self fisherman enjoy rendered water beetle toes delight look read production origin tale fisher lies story letter potter wrote child september river following year created sketches called frog fishing sold publisher released verses success tale peter rabbit potter considered expanding frog tale bought drawings publisher printer blocks wrote editor norman like fisher think tale set aside potter developed projects approved frog tale potter biographer writes potter illustrations finally illustrations book changed original background river scotland water lakes illustrations lovely showing potter skill naturalist august norman died brother potter editor wrote indicating norman approved frog project thought fisher carry series little books know people don like frogs think convinced norman pretty book good flowers water plants backgrounds decided fisher print july copies tale fisher released paper boards decorated cloth small format copies published september september book dedicated parker daughter potter cousin lady parker cousin sold potter productions themes style professor english state university new_york author potter writing code observes social positions friends established clothing wear potter sharply upper class observes fisher tone moderate suggests potter relocation hill farm produced willingness accept aspiring middle class upper classes professor english new_mexico state university author potter points potter regarded lives father friends comical beneath notice clearly respected valued outdoor pursuits treatment accorded fisher valued nature untouched humans notes evidenced careful observation illustrations fisher written revisions typical potter productions pictures appear execution writes ability human society implying damaging effects flora fauna book composition success literary scholar carpenter writes secret gardens golden age children literature basis potter writing style found authorized king james version bible fisher reflects characteristic employs like middle sentence carpenter sees potter work thematic shifts early work onward stage work sees stories tale peter rabbit type jack giant killer theme small creature confronts large creature believes tale fisher potter places fisher dangerous world according carpenter fishing experience frightening bank creatures worry threatens directly trout tries swallow potter makes point creatures prey ending story fisher eating lady bird sauce miniature letters potter created miniature letters delivered child fans miniature mail bag miniature mail box letters funny potter wrote defect inquiries answers mixed letters written drew thought marry letter sir promises master piece wedding cake marry letter writes parties lady table writes letter bought tail coat hopes fisher object satisfaction able water mud house person likes potter tale writes master fourth letter dear master drew sir widow think wrong fisher marry worlds way live house sloppy lady stand bit good merchandise characters fisher appeared toys merchandise pottery issued 1970s produced years toys released toys new_york following year released inches giant intended store displays baby era newton store shelves years fisher character music boxes released boxes released 1980s christmas ornaments released merchandise includes variety boxes wood carving ornaments translations potter small format books remain print available complete sets presentation boxes page edition english language editions tales bore frederick imprint company bought books remade printing plates volumes released original authorized edition sold books subsidiary company frederick continues publish potter books publishers weekly article written centennial publication tale peter rabbit reported potter considered popular classic writers anniversary editions work published artwork illustrations look brighter tale fisher published french dutch tale republished dutch van published initial teaching alphabet tale translated french james wrote potter books traditional childhood english speaking countries countries languages potter books translated


princess princess danish literal translation princess literary fairy tale christian young woman royal identity established test physical sensitivity tale published inexpensive booklet copenhagen heard story child likely source folk material possibly originating sweden unknown danish oral tradition princess tales received danish critics disliked casual style lack morals princess adapted musical stage production called starring carol plot story tells prince wants marry princess having difficulty finding suitable wife wrong meets certain real bad table manners fat thin beautiful stormy night young woman rain seeks shelter prince castle claims princess prince mother decides test unexpected guest placing bed offered night covered feather beds morning guest tells hosts endured night kept awake hard bed certain bruised prince real princess sensitivity feel quantity married story ends placed museum according seen today removed composition deliberately cultivated funny style tales reminiscent oral storytelling techniques sophisticated literary devices fairy tales written les earliest reviews criticized following models second volume edition collected works remarked preface style hears narrator language similar spoken word stories children adults able listen materials appear exist specifically addressing composition princess speak writing tales princess new year day wrote friend starting fairy tales children going win future generations want know letter dated february wrote poet started fairy tales told children believe succeeded told couple tales child happy believe known written exactly way tell child finished tales march told admiral daughter written fairy tales children says makes famous immortal perfect things written think march observed fairy tales published april people work course enjoy experience world publication princess published copenhagen denmark page booklet called tales told children collection booklet princess tale collection little big store little flowers den booklet priced shillings equivalent approximately publisher paid second edition published princess reprinted december tales illustrations story published december tales stories volume danish reviews tales appeared hostile critics disliked informal style lack morals offered encouragement literary journal failed mention tales advised waste time writing wonder stories told lacked usual form kind poetry study models felt working notions fairy tale returned writing novels believing true calling english translation charles translate princess english working german translation increased lone trio attempt story credible added early english translator caroline translation published princess danish story book accused missing satire tale ending question lady exquisite feeling joke placed royal museum work established standard english translations fairy tales century notes continued range inadequate commentaries observes princess blended childhood memories primitive world violence death fate social private romance secure cultivated danish accept researcher jack said lifetime obliged act dominated subject dominant social circles despite fame recognition writer developed feared loved view aristocracy said constantly felt belong upper class suffered presence tale princess sensitive princess feel maria notes unlike folk heroine source material story princess need resort establish identity sensitivity nobility indicates true nobility derived individual birth sensitivity insistence sensitivity exclusive privilege nobility challenges modern notions character social worth princess sensitivity metaphor depth feeling compassion article american journal education recommended story children aged princess uniformly received critics wrote story reviewer far child absorb false idea great ladies terribly thin skinned notes princess sensitivity interpreted poor manners manifestation noble birth view said based cultural association women physical sensitivity emotional sensitivity specifically link woman reporting physical experience touch negative images women physical conditions complain demand special treatment researcher jack notes tale told tongue cheek fun curious ridiculous measures taken nobility establish value notes author makes case sensitivity decisive factor determining royal authenticity tired sensitive nature elite class people princess spurred positive criticism fact critic paul hazard pointed realistic aspects fairy tale easily people believed world witnessed encompassed sorrow death evil man reflected tales evidently princess scholar noticed involve everyday life themes love death nature injustice suffering poverty appeal races classes anderson realized things makes story appealing optimism especially main character princess hope readers strength adaptations german composer published opera based princess reportedly opera popular american student music english translation praised review notes story adapted musical stage comedian carol playing play heroine princess musical revived sarah parker role television adaptation princess starred tale theatre episode story adapted films length animation film minute production tale basis story cheese man fairly stupid tales jon lane smith prince decides slip bowling ball underneath years unsuccessful attempts morning princess comes tells queen sound odd think need felt like sleeping big bowling ball king queen princess gets married prince live happily maybe completely honestly american poet jane shore published poem princess january issue poetry close princess lie skin ugly coat body owned citizens turn turn depends russian writer incorporates story stories naked king similar tales tales extreme sensitivity world culture recorded 11th century tells young man claims especially beds sleeping bed seven newly clean sheets young man rises great pain red mark discovered body investigation hair found bed italian tale called sensitive woman tells woman foot falls brothers included princess tale edition und removed discovered belonged danish literary tradition folk tales feature boy discovering assumed great value boy enters castle given bed straw night turns sleep attempting guard treasure observers persuaded boy restless sleeping straw aristocratic blood popular versions tale charles added translation story based tale differences versions seen numbers feather beds versions story differ based character included cases tells princess pretend slept badly versions appear princess decides lie

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bears bears older story bears variations old fairy tale original tale tells ugly old woman enters forest home bachelor bears whilst away sits chairs eats falls asleep beds bears return discover starts jumps window seen major version brings tale replacing old woman later version retained bachelor bears transformed mama baby bear originally oral tale family story hint menace story interpretations adapted film opera media story bears popular fairy tales english language plot tale anthropomorphic bears little small bear middle sized bear great huge bear live house woods describes good harmless bachelor bears bowl chair bed day walk woods woman approaches bears house sent family disgrace described points story bad foul ugly dirty stint house correction looks window lifts assured home walks old woman eats bear chair breaks finds bears beds falls asleep bear bed climax tale reached bears return bear finds old woman bed cries somebody lying bed old woman starts jumps window runs away seen origins story recorded narrative form british writer poet robert published anonymously volume writings called doctor year british writer george published version rhyme based prose tale approving attempt story exposure joseph introduced pretty little girl story old woman believed tales old women playing roles narrative story bears circulation publication tale example telling story friends eleanor fashioned booklet bears old woman nephew birthday tale fox antagonist bears striking similarities story uncovered joseph version oral tradition possibly heard confused synonym unpleasant old woman maintain story old woman originated story bears experienced significant changes early publication history little girl given names referring hair settled early 20th century bachelor bears evolved mama baby bear years robert published story bears collection essays entitled doctor tale original creation retelling story long circulation telling story early september eleanor tale birthday gift nephew broke differ details bears milk old woman motive entering house old woman courtesy visit rebuffed old woman runs away discovered old woman paul cathedral likely learned tale child uncle william tyler tyler told version fox later confused common old woman writes gothic voice father bear trick technician recreate tone uncle william walked woods good honest old woman ultimately uncertain uncle learned tale year tale published story george acknowledged anonymous author doctor great original tale delighted effort bring exposure tale concerned children doctor version illustrated hart reissued identified story author peter point classic fairy tales tale partial snow white lost princess enters house tastes food falls asleep beds manner similar bears cry sitting chair eating plate sleeping bed point similarities norwegian tale princess takes refuge cave inhabited russian princes dressed eats food hides bed charles referenced similar tale mutual friend mutual friend house belongs bears reference suggests discovered source hunting rituals ceremonies suggested dismissed possible origins illustrator john reported variant tale years old version bears live castle woods visited fox called drinks milk sits chairs rests beds version belongs early fox bear tale cycle later variations years publication tale joseph transformed antagonist ugly old woman pretty little girl treasury pleasure books young children explained reasons letter children dated november inserted beginning book story bears old nursery tale told great poet version permission given little girl instead old woman found tale better known silver hair stories old women little girl entered tale remained suggesting children prefer attractive child story ugly old woman juvenile antagonist saw succession names silver hair bears little silver hair silver locks aunt nursery tales george golden key golden hair aunt friendly nursery book silver hair times little golden hair finally old nursery stories rhymes credits flora annie steel naming child fate varies versions runs forest eaten bears mother rescues vows good child returns home fate better old woman opinion deserved stint house correction far better miss old woman paul church yard male trio left untouched years group cast mama baby bear date change disputed indicates occurred suggests event occurred mother fairy tales published publication tale aunt bears family illustrations tale remained bachelor bears text version larger bears brother sister friends little bear arrangement represents evolution trio traditional male bears family father mother child publication bears family text illustrations old bear mama bear little boy bear publication bear called rough mama bear baby bear called tiny illustrations depict male bears publications subsequent aunt victorian required editors routinely alter till chair came came ground read came reference human cumulative effect changes tale original publication transform oral tale family story hint menace interpretations maria classic fairy tales notes tale viewed tale lesson hazards wandering exploring unknown territory like tale little pigs story uses repetitive engage child attention reinforce point safety shelter points tale typically framed today discovery right earlier generations tale control encountering possessions uses child psychologist describes poor beautiful charming notes story describe positively hair mainly discussed tale terms struggle past issues confront adolescent identity problems view tale fails encourage children pursue hard labor solving time problems growing presents end fairy tales promise future happiness awaiting mastered situation child believes tale child reading gaining emotional maturity criticizes views reading invested fairy tales turning vehicles convey messages set forth models child story solve issues sibling rivalry believes suggests importance property consequences trying things belong suggests missed anal aspect tale helpful child personality development handbook describes tale post ego development pre believes story appeals chiefly engaged training maintaining environmental order distress disruption order experience observation lead believe children align organized protagonists human antagonist view story bears traced directly robert dirt obsessed aunt raised passed obsession form literary elements story makes extensive use literary rule featuring chairs beds title characters live house sequences bears discovering turn eating sitting chairs finally lying beds point climax discovered follows earlier sequences trying chairs beds time finding right author christopher booker characterizes wrong way second opposite way middle right booker continues idea way forward lies finding exact middle path extraordinary importance storytelling concept spread disciplines particularly developmental psychology biology economics engineering called principle adaptations kurt minute opera premiered glasgow royal concert hall opera setting forest baby bear stands accused assaulting miss locks tables turned defense trauma suffered bears hands little teeth productions yang long reckless yellow haired girl rule breaker likes bears allusion reflected translated chinese sun referring color yellow trailer yang confronts junior chinese black bear combining nickname alludes baby bear eats bears living cave georgia united_states reads dark version edge christian


tale tale children book written illustrated potter published frederick tale called tommy arch enemy fox kidnaps children benjamin wife intending eat hides oven home benjamin cousin peter rabbit followed tommy attempt rescue babies finds asleep bed determines house initial attempt fails eventually come blows cover fight rabbits rescue baby rabbits tale influenced uncle stories set fields potter castle farm black white illustrations colour tale critically considered potter complex successful plot tone potter publisher wanted new series peter rabbit tales larger formats elaborate potter disliked idea nonetheless follower tale bland published new formats idea eventually dropped ordinary adopted tales completely original productions potter continued publish sporadically decades old concepts sketches new images ideas animated film adaptation tale featured bbc television anthology series world peter rabbit friends background following acquisition hill farm lancashire potter began creative productive years children author illustrator end decade grown weary writing children failing demands operating farm caring aging parents limited time attention production books brought peter rabbit time tale thought editors cautious concerned public knew capable creating complex characters plots offered fans villainous characters tommy fox tale book follow tale bland completely original works marriage william october effectively end career children author illustrator continued produce sporadically following years demand fans publisher relying decades old ideas sketches new concepts illustrations composition publication influenced uncle stories longer potter earlier tales set countryside bull banks fields potter acquired castle farm pen ink sketches potter publisher received text november potter written tale time past doubts fox potter responded surely common fox probably saxon word ordinary use scotland years ago probably country people way gray country names examples place names hey bright night wind west moon shines bright mean heard tale undesirable elements society objected potter opening tired making books nice people book people called tommy altered text read books behaved people potter responded lecture publisher great deal afraid public cared button thought opening distinctly good gets away time teased bull banks sensitivity expressions thinks farming world objected occurred wonder objections tale finished july spring emotionally unsettling potter father ill severe strikes country caused hardships april managed away london hill execute background drawings tale july colour blocks finished potter concerned anatomy fox checked photographs reference books natural history museum attempt distinguish true english red fox species book finished end july left holiday lake completion tale taken longer usual time shared participation campaign opposing lake proposed construction factory near lake tale published frederick dedicated francis william year old son cousin caroline clark married living farming small island coast francis william someday course tale development proposed launching new series tales slightly larger formats elaborate accommodate wider spines potter objected want involved new series failing grown weary writing complained having difficulty producing fresh short stories believed children preferred little change books nonetheless book tale bland published larger format elaborate series new style potter disliked new depicting samuel sticking giant poster watched animal characters thinking like railway advertisement eventually larger format new designation dropped ordinary binding adopted plot tale begins tommy entertained old father benjamin left tend grandchildren son daughter law away smoking pipe rabbit tobacco falls asleep tommy company tommy puts sack slips parents return benjamin sets pursuit thief benjamin finds brings cousin peter rabbit rescue venture discover tommy invaded homes fox multiple homes keeps moving tommy homes bedroom window rabbits tommy asleep bed kitchen window table set meal realise alive shut oven try dig tunnel house hide suddenly arrives bad temper caused house fox discovers asleep bed originally plans hit decides teeth decides play trick involving water balanced overhead bed awake escapes trick makes tea kitchen thinks bucket killed tommy decides bury tunnel rabbits dug thinking tommy dug discovers tommy kitchen tea thrown violent fight continues outdoors roll away hill fighting benjamin peter quickly gather return home triumph illustrations tale longer typical potter tale colour illustrations series black white drawings illustration page illustrations depict wider landscape near bull banks water interior house provided opportunity present details interiors village homes stands stone flag floor timber wall construction thick thin vertical panels covered sage green tea silver salt blue white willow china kitchen shaped brick oven drawn sun inn serves place hide frames black white illustrations impression potter believed black frame pulled picture sent distance potter kitchen dim eliminate detail battle scholar argues black white illustrations emphasize permanent quality tale heavy black lines display little characteristic potter work suggests pictures like drawings points tossed satisfy fans publisher deliberately planned antique primitive quality story manner edition notes colour illustrations surrounded heavy black lines white border prevents fading background overall green tones colour illustrations contrast heavy lines black white pictures blocks print contrast produces sense fading antiquity suggest nature permanent recurring cycle seasons reception potter tales appealed girls strong following boys lengthy fight end book accompanied bad language year old wrote potter asking fight raging potter replied describing end battle injuries combatants sorry tell living willow till flooded present stick house bad cold head end fight nearly half hair pulled brush tail bad bites especially ear like nasty old tom cat ears tommy jacket torn lost boots long time went feet bundled dirty like old man found boot quarry beetle boot tommy ate nasty person living comfortable house till woods live doors come need big spring cleaning children unknown family living wrote express disappointment lack sequel potter enjoyed continuing lives characters letters responded sad caused disappointment think saw tommy wife week couldn think person reminded read letter remembered directly sure family lots long family ages long time believe tommy grown ones makes clear woods know home lighter coloured sandy little eyes nose particularly clean house finishes wearing tommy celebrated boots removed came critical commentary tale long publication forbidding tale relief landscape illustrations graham thought potter suffering sort emotional disturbance tale composed potter denied allegation observed suffering effects flu school criticism inconsistencies naturalist view point necessarily mutual enemies nature normally invade homes typically dirty eat simply inconsistencies employed create individual characters evoke fox tale sources stories uncle rabbits contend unlike fox uncle potter fox particularly rabbits win fox enjoy stroke luck typical animal uncle potter clever finale reunites rabbits animals win uncle stories similar depicting powerless powerful adaptations adapted animation telecast segment bbc anthology series world peter rabbit friends don henderson voiced respectively


egg egg children book written illustrated pen published random house book tells story elephant tricked sitting bird egg mother takes permanent vacation palm beach number hardships stating meant said said meant elephant faithful cent ultimately egg revealing elephant bird creature blend features according biographers morgan story born early left window open studio wind blew sketch elephant sketch tree according later biographer charles account probably found elements earlier works notably short story elephant mother complex egg published immediate critical acclaim financial success remained popular general public book basis academic articles variety topics including economics christianity feminism adoption appeared book hears books later provided thrust plot broadway musical plot summary book centers african elephant convinced lazy irresponsible bird sit egg takes short break turns permanent relocation palm beach naturally absurd sight elephant sitting atop tree makes scene exposed elements laughed jungle friends captured hunters forced endure terrible sea voyage finally placed traveling circus despite hardships clear intent return refuses leave nest insists keeping word repeating meant said said meant elephant faithful cent traveling circus ends visiting near new palm beach residence visits circus egg hatch weeks palm beach demands return offering reward egg creature emerges elephant bird cross baby returned happily jungle rewarding persistence punished ending background according biographers morgan egg born day new year took break drawing park avenue apartment went walk returned noticed left window open studio wind blown sketch transparent paper making look like elephant sitting tree account based interviews told similar stories book creation reporters asking creative process early story changed telling involved drawings elephant tree charles hand found traces egg early works early installment cartoon feature began judge magazine bird elephant weeks later drew story whale ends passed tree cartoon life magazine depicted sits eggs drew illustration judge showed sitting tree trying hatch eggs bird nest earlier work featured elephant bird hybrids elephant bird end egg years egg judge published obvious precursor elephant mother complex short story old maid elephant sits egg newborn fly away created advertisement nbc featuring sympathetic looking elephant ropes contained cage sticks similar situation hunters capture egg early drafts elephant changed final choice apparently classmates college bird changed finally draft elephant character volunteered sit eggs bird reluctant publication reception egg published random house fall immediate success received primarily positive notice critics reviews called sheer nonsense good fun reviewer new_york_times book review wrote moral new thing find book doesn interfere elephant tree adult tale little forced compared grand inevitable nonsense young old going fantastic comedy pictures book found early success book buyers general public sold copies year second juvenile buyer wrote bennett publisher sitting apartment reading aloud funniest book seen merchandise manager thinks find elephant store tree lay egg fine window book week mary james book store cincinnati ohio noted book popularity adults children numerous invited hold events stores sent tour cities promote book book received england rejected seven publishers hamilton finally published modest success mirrored general trend books slow catch england egg remained popular united_states publishers weekly reported book sold point placing magazine list best selling children books time included treasury classics main selection book month club june year death refrain included 16th edition familiar quotations national education association named book teachers books children based online poll analysis egg discussions wide variety topics economics christianity feminism adoption james retired united methodist pastor compared early christians peter addressed like early christians faces persecution ridicule actions faithful mission rewarded evidenced elephant bird end book richard freeman writing contemporaneous economic situation united_states called egg tale investment freeman argued economic growth requires long term investments embodied sitting egg trust important functioning economy embodied repeated maxim meant said said meant article feminist perspective criticized egg statement rights negative treatment pointed complete lack strong female protagonists books argued obviously antagonist depicted lazy irresponsible memorable female character entire responded criticism way biographers near end life remarking characters animals noting identify sex remember article book discussion adoption particularly embryo donation noted classic tale evokes nature debate contends book celebrates adoptive parents form birth mothers form philip point book real life implications wife draws connection elephant bird failed invention created combined photos meant couples idea children look like connected book short story elephant noting children argued extension longing children adaptations book adapted minute animated short film productions released warner melodies series short directed bob marked time work adapted screen time animated short licensed based pre existing work copyright released minute russian film adaptation called waiting directed won silver medal best children film tours random house released egg series videos narrated billy crystal directed mark ran circus second double feature video appeared hears published plot broadway musical retelling number books heavily books


ring ring roses ring ring roses ring nursery rhyme playground singing game appeared print reported version sung current tune similar rhymes known europe folk song index number urban legend says song originally described plague specifically great plague london black death reject idea lyrics unknown earliest version rhyme began incarnations game group children form ring dance circle person final line slowest child faced penalty literally rose tree french place center ring numerous variations versions noted use long prior earliest printed publications variation dated use connecticut 1840s common british versions include common american versions include lines varied early printing rhyme kate edition mother old nursery rhymes novel old homestead ann describes children playing ring ring new_york william wells reports versions america short time later says known new massachusetts versions collected manuscript rhymes collected lancashire period gives closely related versions familiar instance alice versions languages german rhyme printed closely resembles ring ring roses stanza accompanies actions sitting falling concluding action loosely translated says row children sitting elder bush going rhyme known germany line popular collection des gave local variants german mean quick quick fourth line comparable printed english version notable popular variant translation ring ring roses beautiful blue forget children sit swiss versions children dancing round european singing games strong resemblance include rose rose netherlands similar tune ring ring roses circle circle rose recorded venice girls danced girl middle demanded verses end kissed liked best choosing middle meaning origins meanings game long unknown subject speculation dictionary british folklore contained belief explanation game pagan origin based sheffield comparison myth theory states reference pagan myths cited passage states gifted children fortune power laugh roses gold believing instance indicative pagan beings light suggestion literal making ring roses fall american writer eugene field wrote poem titled specifically referred fey folk playing ring according games songs american children published reference french word rose tree children dance person center variations especially literal ones identified noted literal falling connections game rhyme interpretation failed account carried united_states losing ground britain instance pagan influence noted indicative supernatural beliefs differing cultures 20th century rhyme associated great plague happened england earlier black death england rhyme second world war mention established explanation form rhyme standard united_kingdom peter leading authorities nursery rhymes remarked falling modern english versions given origin opportunity rhyme dates great plague plague herbs carried protection ward smell disease final fatal fall exactly happened line ashes ashes colonial versions rhyme claimed refer variously bodies burning victims houses skin theory adapted applied versions rhyme forms interpretation entered popular culture oblique reference plague folklore scholars regard theory reasons plague explanation appear mid twentieth century symptoms described fit especially great plague great variety forms makes unlikely modern form ancient words interpretation based found earliest records rhyme european 19th century versions rhyme suggest fall literal falling form bending movement common dramatic singing games


tale tale children book written illustrated potter published frederick october lives tiny cottage lake district child named happens cottage stays tea deliver clothing animals birds neighbourhood potter thought book best enjoyed girls like girls books period set indoors focus potter pet scottish inspirations eponymous heroine child friend potter model fictional potter peter rabbit benjamin cameo appearances illustrations valley surrounding sources backgrounds illustrations described potter positive creations critics consider artistic failure set identifiable place time period tale reaching age household performed manually aid modern mechanical simple dwellings pathways stone fences enhance tale timeless aspect suggest countryside way life popular character subject considerable merchandise decades including nursery tale published initial teaching alphabet translated french german dutch character performed sir frederick royal ballet film tales potter tale adapted animation telecast episode bbc series world peter rabbit friends plot little girl named lives farm called little town good little girl lost pocket questions penny know especially penny flaps barn helpful mounts spies white lying grass high hill farm hill steep path way ends big rock finds little door hears singing lily white clean little smooth hot red spot seen knocks frightened voice cries opens door discovers low kitchen tiny table stands short stout person wearing print gown apron striped little black nose goes eyes beneath little white cap animals excellent clear keeps busy work found lost things shows items belonging animal customers tea keeps away clothing tied folded clean set path return fresh laundry little animals birds neighbourhood hill mounts turns thank odd thing running running running hill cap print gown seen small brown grown covered narrator tells reader thought fallen asleep dreamed encounter clean narrator assures reader seen door hill called acquainted dear background story inspired scottish employed course summers house river writes potter visited staying heath park wrote journal went pony old eighty merry comical round little woman brown wears multitude white memory goes seventy years believe prepared articles wash year year died potter thoughts returned wrote piece seventy eighty years ago belonged old woman old highland tiny body brown black eyes white wore small crossed pinned silver bed jacket dropped bob outspoken independent proud proper joy old draw talk days bit days terror old woman wouldn hard weather storms spoke sunshine clouds shadows heather bells sun wind hills played cattle sheep life came conceived early potter began holiday west met young daughters local vicar paper family lived potter took artistic liberty moved house location little town text family came tea potter delighted year child behaviour occasion left gloves potter transformed incident fictional losing pocket small copy book contains believed earliest manuscript title page inscribed told cousin written pictures good tell potter cousin daughter parker audience draft story likely meant book writing manuscript story little girl called smaller speak plain end book dedicated receive dedication tale fisher early potter putting finishing touches benjamin bad mice time began giving thought developing tale working backgrounds carrying pet travelling march wrote editor norman drawing hollow tree drawing potter agreed volume nursery rhymes created brought attention story previously written writing think right girl book large audience little girls think like different clothes began illustrations summer agreed concept illustrations production potter biographer writes unlike potter earlier work story set real place real real named child little town valley summer potter took holiday drew pen ink illustrations book based area previous year returning london october family matters prevented continuing work tale returned late november scenes path little town valley reproduced published book exactly found inclusion figures minor artistic liberties potter included illustrations depiction small door close abandoned shafts area visited farms sheep farms model preliminary illustrations potter pet potter wrote november model comical long sleep knee delighted end half hour begins bite dear person like fat stupid little dog think book right started weeks later wrote drawings turning comical dressed dummy convenience drawing clothes figure fun dummy terrified rabbit pet mouse pulled think good book wrote learnt draw child potter little difficulty landscapes kitchen birds animals presented problem potter recognized admitted human form confessed faced challenge absolutely necessary bring human illustration number preliminary sketches changed colour enlisted real child model kitchen typical seen potter presented artistic difficulties interiors years february drawings book sent converted blocks late march began pie pan companion piece potter continued tale text illustrations text arrived beginning june potter rhyme writing think rhyme right grammar throws smooth hot red spot seen right supposed spots iron lady apparently reasonable use contradiction address spot afraid know latin grammar faded wish book planned summer going feel lost finished enjoyed developing book july sent remainder book expressing regret production july sent publisher showed caused summer heat affecting chemicals process plates engraved september publication history adaptations thousand copies book released millimetres format october pie pan copies released november january dedication reads real little copy book inscribed little love potter dear soon book publication potter began showing signs failing health wrote friend february sorry upset poor hasn fortnight begun sick thin going try little afraid long course unnatural diet indoor life beginning tell wonder lasted long gets fond little animal hope quickly weeks later potter beloved laid rest garden potter family home gardens tale dramatic adaptations sir frederick performed role royal ballet film tales potter choreographed tale adapted tale fisher episodes animated bbc anthology series world peter rabbit friends miniature letters potter created series miniature letters child fans letters written characters intended shed light outside tales tell recipient letter folded represent envelope addressed child recipient tiny stamp corner drawn red sent children miniature post bag marked potter toy tin mail box bright red letters funny potter wrote defect inquiries answers mixed potter sent miniature letters moore children children older sister master drew master john miss margaret seven letters extant rabbit writes complain responds rabbit writes compliment getting children promises seek writes master warning got mixed wrong wondering received fisher shirt apron writes master drew looking apron received shirt marked inches long writes twice complain received apron marked complain letter dated january fisher regrets complain washing sent home enormous marked instead marked continues week fisher married washing home scholarly commentaries professor english new_mexico state university past president children literature association author potter views plot thin lacking complications potter previously published tale bad mice later books tale held asserts attractive central character points like girls books period set indoors revolves household duties unlike bad mice ironic commentary potter gives approval span cottage practices points potter books depict countryside simple dwellings pathways stone fences timeless ways rural life actual place names tale little town ground tale real world locality tale suggesting remote time mechanical means laundry invented notes synonymous female professor english state university new_york author potter writing code indicates potter new territory creating tale large human presence potter artistic uncertainty evident attempt establish relationship clothes social animal humans animals wears human clothing neighbourhood animals wear shed skins points animals wear human clothing skins believes peter rabbit blue jacket tale gimmick remind reader potter books exist purchase gimmick potter artistic intent peter wears human clothing animals wear skins issue animal clothing versus human clothing confused sheds human clothing end tale reveal able shed skin shed skin wearing human clothes believes questions remain unanswered tale logic clothes observes symbol social self constraints embrace freedom animal self sets adventure fails embrace animal self learns new true learns animal world shed red began adventure behaved proper young victorian child remains tale end taking delight define child having learned new success literary heroine voice tale epilogue potter reveals uncertainty fantasy uncertainty mars narrative line remarks analogous comedy sketch stayed joke length stretched minutes comedy notion having animals shed skins provides opportunities amusing illustrations tale strong narrative line hold grip reader attention tale held solely language work charming central character literary scholar carpenter writes secret gardens golden age children literature potter work shows thematic shifts seeing tale theme nature redemption background represents return sorts young finds kitchen place refuge unlike potter previous stories main character characters external circumstances carpenter writes external threat enters potter books sinister merchandise potter asserted tales day nursery classics longevity books comes strategy writes biographer potter exploit commercial possibilities characters tales included peter rabbit stuffed toy unpublished board game nursery similar shows termed merchandise produced life publication book norman suggested pin doll merchandising gimmick potter died december left home original illustrations books including national trust opened visitors displayed original artwork frederick granted pottery rights produce potter characters year set released produced featuring including head larger version limited edition showing pottery eventually acquired royal continued issue royal albert brand discontinued stuffed toy manufacturers requested licensing potter figures early refused grant permission having disappointed quality proposed toys early 1970s frederick granted license toys english firm house ltd produced seven characters including finely detailed products labour intensive discontinued short time toys jersey city new_jersey received license manufacture stuffed animals based potter characters produced versions years including inch giant model originally intended display stores discontinued toys went business potter illustrations featured series items included different images different sized boxes needle case pin went business toronto massachusetts distributed series items featuring included potter music boxes company released distributed christmas ornaments inches tall music box italian firm border fine arts scottish firm showing potter characters christmas tree produced piece queen nursery set piece decorated artwork accompanying text tale retired items similar style peter rabbit nursery featured happy birthday plate year character peter rabbit annual plate translations considered publishing potter little books french thought best remove wording english pictures potter illustration spring bubbling words norse hill potter noted letter words occasionally brought inquiries meaning potter small format books remain print available complete sets presentation boxes page edition available available format editions early occasionally offered antiquarian english language editions tales bore frederick imprint company bought books remade printing plates new photographs original drawings volumes released original authorized edition potter small format books translated nearly thirty languages including greek russian released initial teaching alphabet tale translated french dutch van translated welsh german die von observed potter books traditional childhood english speaking countries countries languages potter books translated


history family history family mary martha series children books nineteenth century britain volumes published detail lives children print century focuses emily henry realization human original sin consequent need redemption parts iii emphasize lessons nineteenth century family renowned realistic portrayal childhood humor book fell favor britain increasingly new children literature came dominate literary scene represented works lewis alice wonderland twentieth century books viewed examples style children writing popular alice publication history published family firm john assuring social distinction associated sect included hannah customers wealthy businessmen gentry members parliament book popular remaining print urged readers printer desire capitalize success published parts iii respectively structure text family tells story family consists series lessons taught parents children emily henry proper orientation souls heaven proper morality greed lying fighting example immoral text incorporates series tract like stories overarching narrative order illustrate moral lessons stories deaths neighborhood children charles miss noble instance help children understand need prepare hearts salvation faithful true charles deathbed experience like charles little old curiosity shop suggesting saved contrast plays candles burns presumably damned parts iii similar structure overarching narrative family interspersed moral tales noticeably evangelical begins recognition parents children new divine nature works evil causing know wrong making truly deeply committed sin emily henry finally learned discipline souls parts iii focus greater extent good breeding consumption duty poor important lessons children learn instance respect elders children taken observe rotting corpse instructed spiritual sibling rivalry disappeared henry father walk spot stand note absence books thematically relevant prayers hymns likes philip charles william ann jane taylor follow chapter themes theme dominates family evangelical need recognize innate prepare oneself volume important lessons life faith resignation implicit obedience god theology pages book loved feared god mercy god younger days knew hearts bad saved good thing contrary nature fitted punishment believed lord jesus christ loved having died knew save saves trust book encourages readers adopt beliefs stories prayers hear prayer lord send holy spirit unto heart hate know living devil hell sic unlike previous literature themes john progress story actions children day day lives supreme importance relate directly salvation emily example eat forbidden eye looking eye god sees thing knows secret thoughts heart emily moment think god scholar nancy argues great metaphor work representation divine order family relationship inevitably set pastoral writer readers child family blessed sight god stressed firmly family bonds visible end spiritual bond running throne god clear parents description authority whilst little child tell sins sic way hope overcome bigger removed tell sins god children literature scholar referred connection family divine romantic element writing arguing characters zeal finding defining home prompts automatic longing heavenly home consciously double vision eternal natural sublime parts family taught lessons personal endurance reliance providence acceptance status emphasizing individual experience personal relationship god discouraged readers successes failures larger economic political forces particularly true poor characters texts volume children jane edward second volume parts iii reflect changing values victorian period significantly servants family pushed aside iii counterparts fine manor house second volumes outline narrower roles sex emily learn house henry tends garden learns latin henry involve letting loose bull girls focus purchases economical fair fashion extensive thematic change series disappearance lessons highlight children human encourage reader think terms parts iii victorian values obedience brought fore children literature scholar describes difference terms parental parts iii parents employ softer disciplinary tactics reception legacy family continued bestseller despite increasingly popular image childhood innocence sentimental picture childhood presented novels charles oliver twist scholar suggested influenced depictions fears convict horrible young man close chapter great expectations children literature scholar argued family english childhood alice later late 1900s lord hamilton states attended party guest dressed character book book popular evidence survived suggesting readers interpret wanted lord hamilton writes instance plenty eating drinking skip prayers brightly written accounts series republished later century books severely edited removed phrase human replaced word changes served emphasize authority parents religious framework weakened removed parent ultimate authority victorian cult family reinforced way intended family gained reputation twentieth century book early nineteenth century viewed realistic described humorous charlotte critic wrote children literature praised new dolls absolutely sensational children twentieth century critics tended view tale harsh john described cruel pointing visit argue positive depiction nuclear family text particularly emphasis parents responsibility educate children important book appeal argues influence books family domestic pattern victorian life hardly


london bridge falling london bridge falling known fair lady london bridge traditional english nursery rhyme singing game found different versions world deals london bridge attempts realistic repair date bridge rhymes games late middle ages earliest records rhyme english seventeenth century lyrics printed close modern form mid eighteenth century popular particularly britain united_states nineteenth century modern melody recorded late nineteenth century game resembles arch games middle ages taken modern form late nineteenth century folk song index number theories advanced explain meaning rhyme identity fair lady refrain rhyme known world referenced variety works literature popular culture lyrics considerable variation lyrics rhyme frequently verse version quoted peter lyrics rhyme constructed line feet syllables stress falling pair foot line missing common nursery rhymes common form relies double repetition scheme frequently employed device children rhymes stories folk song index folk songs variations number song melody melody recorded london bridge edition john dancing master published differs modern tune lyrics given issue magazine noted rhyme sung tune nancy better known nuts tune given richard chronicles london bridge tune recorded samuel arnold juvenile nursery rhymes line different tune tune associated rhyme recorded illustrated national songs games game rhyme children singing game exists wide variety forms additional verses versions similar actions rhyme common players hold hands arch arms pass single file arch lowered song end catch player united_states common teams caught engage war england nineteenth century song accompanied circle dance arch games known common late medieval europe versions published alice included references prisoner stolen watch chain late nineteenth century addition game called watch chain rhyme sung tune london bridge remnant distinct game version verses lyrics origins similar rhymes found europe pre dating records england include denmark die germany sixteenth century france fourteenth century italy possible rhyme acquired sources adapted fit famous bridge england earliest references rhyme english comedy london printed probably written dairy woman states danced building london bridge youth words actions mentioned widespread familiarity rhyme suggested use henry carey satire oldest extant version recalled correspondent gentleman magazine claimed heard woman child reign charles_ii lyrics subsequent verses followed form repeating lines place london bridge broken earliest printed english version oldest extant collection nursery rhymes tommy thumb pretty song book printed john london following text version james similar replaces verse meaning meaning rhyme certain simply relate difficulties experienced river_thames number alternative theories forward viking attack theory theory origin rhyme relates supposed destruction london bridge norway nineteenth century translation norse saga published samuel included verse looks similar nursery rhyme modern translations clear nursery rhyme model free translation reference london bridge appear start verse unlikely earlier version nursery rhyme historians doubt attack took place child sacrifice theory theory song refers burying alive children foundations bridge advanced alice later lady traditional games england scotland ireland usually peter based idea bridge collapse body human sacrifice buried foundations actually human sacrifice watch bridge archaeological evidence human remains foundations london bridge age damage theory mid eighteenth century old london bridge crossing thames london damaged major fire fire damage acted fire break prevented flames damaging bridge crossing south thames narrow arches river traffic flow central piers removed create wider navigational span widening removal houses completed remained relatively narrow needed continual expensive repairs early nineteenth century decided replace bridge new construction new london bridge opened survived replaced transported reconstructed lake city arizona fair lady identity attempts identify fair lady lady gay lady lee rhyme include scotland henry consort responsible building series bridges carried london road river streams bow eleanor consort henry iii custody bridge revenues member family park family story human sacrifice lies building river tributary thames


tale tale children book written illustrated potter published frederick tale insect home reflects potter sense insect character debuted small crucial role tale potter decided tale following year meticulous illustrations insects drawn sake provoke horror disgust juvenile readers copies tale initially released july november november potter typical small book format lives funny house long passages beneath efforts dwelling thwarted insect create sorts place lost beetle leaves dirty passage spider miss leaves bits neighbour jackson lets stays dinner searches honey leaves mess poor wonders home good night sleep gives house fortnight spring cleaning little tin holds party friends potter life complicated demands parents business operating farm composition consequence literary artistic productivity began decline following tale publication continued publish sporadically work drawn decades old concepts illustrations marks end books year output scholars find book depictions insects great attraction critic finds quality tale reflected endless war waged insect characters tale modelled pottery beginning mouse image appeared tin merchandise marketed depicting friends character ballet film tale adapted animated television series plot tale humans play events treated occurred time far human simple story likely appeal young children terribly little mouse sweeping soft sandy floors yards yards passages seed funny house roots kitchen bedroom keeps dust pan brush little box bed tries house insect leave dirty floors sorts place beetle away fly away home house fire spider miss turned away little ceremony distant passage meets bee taken residence bees tries pull nest buzz fiercely deal matter dinner finds neighbour jackson sitting fire rocking chair jackson lives drain dirty wet ditch coat tails water leaves wet floor follows dish cloth allows jackson stay dinner food pleasing searching honey smell discovers butterfly sugar bowl finds bees makes big mess pulling nest fears shall distracted result turmoil takes refuge cellar finally ventures forth discovers everybody left house mess takes moss twigs partly close door jackson exhausted goes bed wondering house little mouse spends fortnight spring cleaning furniture little tin holds party little wood mice wearing regency jackson attends forced sit outside narrowed door takes offence excluded passed window good health background helen potter born july london william potter wife helen potter educated passed quiet solitary childhood reading painting drawing tending nursery small animals visiting museums art exhibitions interests natural world country life holiday trips scotland english lake district place home paternal grandparents potter quiet childhood grew young woman parents permanent resident home wanted lead useful life independent parents considered career male scientific community regarded amateur abandoned fungi continued paint draw experienced professional artistic success sold designs animals card publisher potter revised tale rabbit named peter written child prepared dummy book imitation helen best seller story little black unable find buyer published book family friends expense december frederick earlier rejected tale anxious compete small format children book market accepted following recommendation prominent children book artist potter agreed colour pen ink illustrations private edition chose new colour process october tale peter rabbit released potter continued publish children books sales profits small legacy aunt buy hill working farm acres lake district july august potter fiancé editor norman died suddenly depressed ill weeks rallied complete tales planned discussed development publication years following death purchase hill potter produced tales illustrations inspired farm woodland surroundings nearby villages provided books demands parents business operating hill result literary artistic productivity began decline published book tale wrote friend new year day succeed finishing book year find difficult drawings able country long time sufficient summer spent time road going backwards forwards farm amusing satisfactory work actually debut potter tale rescued children benjamin grasp rewarded heroism quantity rabbit wool christmas illustration wearing hood fashioned wool key central character tale character story potter chose develop potter naturalist thought creature good bad describing passage publisher different ideas appropriate children book accustomed potter unusual choice animal subjects years sensitive public reaction thought gone bit far behest beetle creepy people hiding plate rack alter text wrote offensive word wood potter argued generic term overruled decided illustration miss withdrawn replaced butterfly potter usually tested new work audience writing tale exercise book pen ink illustrations volume presenting gift child case potter wrote tale small leather covered millimetres pages text new year gift youngest daughter inscription read love best wishes happy new year family called little book book published colour pictures dedication remained copies tale released july available millimetres small book format blue grey buff paper boards decorated cloth copies released november copies november potter pleased bound copies received buff colour clean wrote think prove popular little girls father wrote children daughter sense humour fresh dull potter intended follow tale pig large format book similar original occasion passed hour inside pig hill pig boots abandoned pig book fruitless attempts progress instead occupied winter supervising production peter rabbit painting book composition tale years publication character appeared royal ballet film tales potter tale tale integrated single animated episode bbc series world peter rabbit friends illustrations called potter keen observation insects amphibians youthful experience drawing depictions text illustration reflect understanding insect anatomy behaviour rendered accuracy humour true individual knew seek water spawning season example smell honey spider butterfly like drew microscopic studies 1890s potter source wildlife insect drawings executed early adulthood directly nature observing specimens collections victoria albert museum interest book illustrations lies microscopic accuracy insects human qualities exhibited jackson potter depiction insects appear drawn sake scale heroine change scale reason larger spider appears larger picture smaller bees scale mouse nature artist fantasy artist potter odds mouse insects share habitat logical reason mouse insects remain natural like insects service house bees excluded party reader sense social right wrong possible potter details attributed desire simply display ability draw nature interest book production supplanted growing interest farming local life politics scholarly commentaries new_mexico state university writes potter tale dealing insect home points reflects potter pride pleasure keeping house hill tales mice came easily potter unlike urban mice tailor gloucester tale bad mice country mouse living beneath near potter narrow passages small rooms low ceilings stocked dwelling similar potter hill author obvious approval source pleasure keeping farmhouse neat like mistress domain insect reflects potter artist potter preserves beauty illustrations censor antennae limbs potter thought girls like tale best experience sort reaction insect wit complete horror disgust professor english state university new_york author potter writing code points tale comic taking place completely indoors obvious anxiety dirt sort expect tale miniature household desperate sense wanting household free invaders unwanted outsiders tale bad mice tale miniature household potter invading bad mice concerned middle class dolls jane tale bad mice potter invaded invaders purely animals human characteristics attributes tale anxiety potter fame writer visitors hill assumed familiarity author regarded exhibit tourist potter hill guarded jealousy projected anxiety home invites friends party like potter needs complete control thinks tale quality poor step ahead house control inhabits finds bees nesting hiding plate rack trapped home hours occupied fighting invaders point sure distracted jackson drives unwanted away leaves mess honey moss dirty weeks life cleaning merchandise potter asserted tales day nursery classics process making marketing strategy exploit commercial possibilities characters tales peter rabbit doll unpublished peter rabbit board game peter rabbit nursery similar shows termed merchandise produced following decades frederick gave john factory rights produce potter characters produced followed jackson mother lady bird plate produced appeared lid tin toy company new_york american company granted licensing rights manufacture stuffed potter characters released began manufacturing potter boxes eventually released millimetres diameter box depicting holding book toronto massachusetts granted licensing rights potter produced music box playing small world year jackson flat christmas followed hanging depicting little box bed translations potter small format books remain print available complete sets presentation boxes page edition available editions early limited edition manuscript available antiquarian english language editions potter books bore frederick imprint despite company sold books remade book printing plates new photographs original drawings released entire collection original authorized edition potter books translated languages including greek russian tale translated die van dutch die licence tokyo 1970s tale stories released japanese observed potter books traditional childhood english speaking lands books translated


cat hat cat hat children book written illustrated pen published story centers tall anthropomorphic cat wears red white striped hat red bow tie cat shows house unnamed brother rainy day mother away ignoring repeated objections children fish cat shows children tricks attempt entertain process companions thing thing wreck house children fish alarmed cat produces machine uses clean says disappears children mother walks created book response debate united_states literacy early childhood traditional featuring dick jane asked write entertaining william met world war director education division mifflin contract random house publishers agreed deal mifflin published education edition sold schools random house published trade edition sold gave varying accounts created cat hat version told frustrated word list choose words write story decided scan list create story based words found words found cat hat book met immediate critical acclaim financial success reviewers praised exciting alternative traditional years debut book sold million copies publishers weekly listed book number list best selling children books time book success led creation books publishing house centered producing similar books young children learning read said book death dick jane book adapted animated television special live action film plot story begins girl named unnamed brother serves narrator book sit house cold rainy day staring window hear loud bump quickly followed arrival cat hat tall anthropomorphic cat red white striped hat red bow tie cat proposes entertain children tricks knows children pet fish refuses insisting cat leave cat responds balancing fish tip umbrella game quickly complicated cat ball tries balance lots household items limbs falls head dropping holding fish cat hat proposes game cat brings big red box outside releases identical creatures blue hair red suits called thing thing things cause trouble flying house knocking pictures wall picking children mother new gown comes end fish spots children mother window response brother catches things net cat apparently ashamed stores big red box takes door fish children survey mess cat soon returns riding machine picks house fish children cat leaves mother arrives fish children started beginning story steps mother asks children children hesitant answer story ends question mother asked background writing created cat hat partly response life magazine article john titled students local committee sheds light national problem reading article critical school like featuring dick jane classroom boys girls confronted books illustrations depicting lives children feature clean boys girls buy brighter books featuring strange wonderful animals children behave naturally given incentive school boards publishers detailing issues contributing dilemma connected student reading levels asked end article school pictures widen narrow children words illustrate drawings like wonderfully imaginative children howard disney article caught attention william met war director mifflin education division read best selling book johnny read like criticized boring criticized teaching reading word recognition invited dinner boston proposed create book seven year olds mastered basic mechanics reading reportedly challenged write story johnny read included lists words young children able read provided similar list later told biographers morgan supplied list words year old know insisted book vocabulary limited words according philip gave varying numbers interviews variously claimed use words list finished book contains different words characters cat hat thing thing brother fish mother creation gave varying accounts conceived cat hat according story told frustrated word list william given finally decided scan list create story words found words found cat hat near end life told biographers morgan conceived beginnings story elevator mifflin offices boston old elevator operated small woman wearing leather half glove secret smile similar story described woman elegant african american woman named annie williams told cat hat thought williams gave character williams white gloves sly smile gave conflicting partly fictionalized accounts book creation articles got book new_york_times book review grade language chicago_tribune published november grade language wrote proposal distinguished publisher write book young children scaling peaks degrees publisher intrigued informed word list use word scaling use word peaks use use use degrees gave similar account robert article july edition saturday evening post grade language told story painful weeks worked story king cat queen cat queen word list grade nephew recognize returned work think words started letter appear word list similar fascination letter appear word list finally finish book showed nephew graduated grade learning philip notes article invention niece son year old article published got book described fictional young child turned reading poor selection simple reading material save frustration decided write book children like found task lost witch tunnel love tried write story called queen found words appear list fact like wrote grade language letters appear list tried write story bird word bird appear list decided wing thing instead struggled discovered couldn legs tail left foot right foot approach writing cat hat wrote method method use sit apple sic variously stated book took months create notes worked primarily unlike previous books collaborative efforts wife helen marked general trend work life robert later said period saw liked room creating points helen recovery syndrome diagnosed marker change publication history agreed write cat hat request william mifflin contract random house head random house bennett deal mifflin random house retained rights trade sales encompassed copies book sold book stores mifflin retained education rights encompassed copies sold schools mifflin edition released january february random house edition released march editions featured different covers identical edition identified mark right corner dust jacket signifying selling price price reduced later editions according morgan book sold immediately trade edition initially sold average copies month figure rose rapidly department store los_angeles california sold copy order book day quickly attribute sales numbers playground word mouth asserting children heard book friends parents buy mifflin school edition sell noted profile mifflin trouble selling schools lot dick jane book considered fresh bennett random house asked trade rights took told parents understood better school people necessity kind reader years print cat hat sold nearly million copies book translated french chinese swedish publishers weekly placed number list best selling children books time million copies cat hat printed translated different languages including latin title occasion book anniversary random house released cat hats cats includes cat hat sequel introduction philip reception book published immediate critical acclaim reviewers praised book exciting way learn read particularly compared supplanted ellen lewis review new_york_times book review noted book heavy use words lively illustrations wrote beginning readers parents helping activities dick jane characters happy surprise helen adams saturday review called book tour force wrote parents teachers amusing reader ridiculous lively drawings children going exciting experience learning read chicago sunday predicted cat hat cause year olds look distinct adventures standard characters helen walker library journal emily new_yorker felt book appeal older children target audience second reviewer concurred writing recommended enthusiastically picture book reader contrast wrote horn book magazine fine book purposes self conscious children refuse material meant younger children felt book limited vocabulary kept reaching absurd excellence early books based online poll national education association named cat hat teachers books children ranked number picture books survey published school library journal books list awarded early readers award analysis philip places book title character tradition con artists american art including title characters meredith music man frank wonderful wizard contends identified cat pointing self portrait appears cat published alongside profile saturday evening post july michael worked editor arguing cat hat think question delighted chaos life delighted insanity world asserts cat primary goal book create fun children cat calls fun funny distinguishes ordinary fun parents subject children called fish version cotton advised prosecutors salem witch trials betty freeman support view writing drawing old christian symbolism fish ancient sign christianity portrays fish kind embodiment utterly morality philip notes critics compared fish anna called cat pure marked children cat fish ego freeman argue cat shows elements ego analysis fish asserts represents voice children absent mother conflict cat cat presence inherent predator prey relationship provides tension story points page children hesitant tell mother happened absence fish gives knowing look readers assure silence better case agrees writing strong suggestion tell argues cat destruction house kids story read given destructive guilt consequences article told cat hat revolt authority fact cat end revolutionary goes far stops doesn far notes cat hat shares structural similarities books like earlier books cat hat starts child feeling discontent mundane circumstances soon enhanced believe book starts factual realistic world crosses world believe loud bump arrival cat book fantasy characters cat companions products children imagination differs previous books brother actively participate fantasy world changed opinion cat world story end legacy asserts cat hat book famous cat remained minor light history children literature writing cat hat classic archive stories serves cornerstone writing better known quick henry campaign children books publication popularity book thrust center united_states literacy debate called important academic controversy cold war era academic louis contends cat hat transformed nature primary education nature children books stood idea reading ought taught stood idea language skills subjects ought taught illustrated textbooks told book death dick jane book led directly creation books publishing house centered producing books like cat hat beginning readers according morgan book caught attention wife publisher bennett arranged meeting agreed create books president editor cat hat served mascot wife helen partner random house served distributor random house purchased books wrote multiple books series including cat hat comes green eggs hop pop fox initially word lists limited create books cat hat moved away lists came believe child learn words fed slowly books illustrated authors contributed notable books series including fly went sam dog big honey hunt book elements mentioned multiple times united_states politics image cat balancing objects body turn balancing ball included political cartoons articles political portrayed bill_clinton george bush way mad magazine published strange similarities bush administration world article matched quotes white_house officials excerpts taken books george bush state union promises contrasted cat hold cup milk cake hold books fish congress senate majority leader harry compared bill reform immigration mess created cat read lines book senate floor carried forward analogy hoping straightened read cat manages clean mess united_states postal service issued stamp featuring cat hat cat hat popularity led increased popularity exposure previous children books example egg sold copies opening year following year year publication cat hat copies sold book sold total copies adaptations cat hat adapted media including theater television film educational software animated musical special premiered starred cat live action film adaptation released starring mike cat reports film grossed worldwide estimated million budget following financial success animated film adaptation book universal pictures illumination entertainment announced plans produce cgi adaptation book rob write script chris produce executive producer royal national theatre created stage version book adapted directed mitchell musical adaptation incorporates aspects works features cat hat narrator musical received weak reviews opened november eventually staple regional school theaters cat stars television film cat hat animated television series cat hat knows lot ride universal_studios islands adventure park orlando florida based cat hat


turtle stories turtle stories picture book collection published commonly known pseudonym released random house books april written trademark style type meter called contains short stories known story turtle eponymous king pond stands subjects attempt reach higher moon turtle falls mud ending rule book included word considered relatively rude success publication sold million copies listed publishers weekly list best selling children books time plot overview turtle eponymous story revolves turtle king pond dissatisfied stone serves throne commands turtles stack beneath farther expand kingdom stacked turtles pain turtle pile suffering asks respite tells quiet decides expand kingdom commands turtles add throne makes second request respite increased weight causing extreme pain turtles pile hunger quiet notices moon rising night approaches furious higher king decides turtles attempt rise command decides takes away throne turtle king turtle stack mud leaving king mud freeing second story recounts tale girl bird small plain tail feather lee feathers goes uncle doctor tail grow tries tell tail right species throws gives tells find tail grow makes tail exactly like lee greed wanting surpass lee eats entire vine causing tail grow enormous size added weight feathers allow fly run walk repeatedly stuck hill uncle hears painful sends rescue birds forced carry home tail feathers takes weeks causing sore feather left big final story tells rabbit bear best range hearing abilities respectively worm claims world right hill sees rabbit bear calls biggest seen publication history stack turtles drawn similarly featured turtle appeared march cartoon new_york_city newspaper worked editorial cartoonist illustration shows turtles forming letter large turtle labelled producers reading build substantial turtles stated titular character represented adolf_hitler rule pond takeover surrounding area parallel hitler regime germany invasion parts europe point beginning writing stories moral mind stating kids moral coming mile writing issues said inherent moral story remarked subversive hell turtle variously described rule overturned reaction world war subversive authoritarian rule reporter john miller compared iraqi president saying final lines apply european lines turtle read turtles course turtles free turtles maybe creatures questioned wrote maybe surely replied didn want sound like preacher platform wanted reader surely minds instead having use word plain little plain little thing issue publication according publishers random house including president meet decide use pages children book despite publishers initial worries eventually proved hit publishers weekly reported list best selling hardcover children books united_states million copies book dedicated family tribute joseph introduced wife helen attending oxford_university quoted saying bringing inspiration adaptations turtle stories directly adapted characters book appeared media character television series world stephen broadway musical serves judge acts love interest story turned dance number film search turtle stories animation directed ray narrated john later released format blu ray red hot adapted story song turtle second album released


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