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 ...

Like a lot of kids with discerning parents, when I was growing up, I owned a box set containing all twenty-three of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit tales for children. It is sitting beside me as I write ...

Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson is writing a new "Peter Rabbit" story. The book is to be published by Penguin in September 2012. Penguin announced Thursday the book will be called "The ...

The year 2012 brought the return of a much-loved literary character, Peter Rabbit. The writer Beatrix Potter first brought the mischievous bunny to life in 1902, and this year actress Emma Thompson ...

Emma Thompson isn't just an Oscar-winning actress; she's also an Oscar-winning writer. Thompson authored the 1995 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and now she's taken on another ...

THE JOURNAL OF BEATRIX POTTER transcribed from her code writing by Leslie Under. 448 pages. Frederick Warne. $12.95. Once upon a time there was a shy little girl and her name was Beatrix. She lived ...

An exhibition in Nashville of Beatrix Potter’s works explores her love of the world of science and the challenges facing women of the Victorian era. By Tanya Mohn This article is part of our Museums ...

The Queen has hosted BookTrust’s 100-year reception introducing Peter Rabbit: Four Happy Bunnies (Penguin Random House), the first bespoke book created for the charity’s Bookstart Baby scheme. Her ...

James Corden, Rose Byrne and writer-director Will Gluck reveal how they blended live-action, CG animation and watercolor sequences for the adaptation. By Ashley Lee The phrase “party animals” is taken ...