Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes is the first of two collections of nursery rhymes written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published in 1917. The title character is a brown mouse who takes food out of a cupboard in someone else’s house. References Footnotes Works cited External links Official Peter Rabbit website 1917 children's books Books by Beatrix Potter Collections of nursery rhymes Frederick Warne & Co books Picture books by Beatrix Potter British children's books