title: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
author:  Beatrix Potter 
description: Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter The Original &amp; Authorized Edition Published by the Penguin Group, England, USA, Australia, Canada &amp; New Zealand First published 1918 by Frederick Warne This edition (c) Frederick Warne &amp; Co., 1997 Frederick Warne has a continuing commitment to reproduce Beautrix Potter's exquisite watercolors to the highest possible standard. In 1993 and 1994, taking advantage of the latest advances in printing technology and expertise, entirely new film was made from her original book illustrations. The drawings are now reproduced with a quality and a degree of authenticity never before attainable in print.
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  Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and she spent much of
  
  
  her otherwise conventional Victorian childhood drawing and studying animals.
  Her passion for the
  
  
  natural world lay behind the creation of her famous series of little books. A
  particular source of
  
  
  inspiration was the English Lake District where she lived for the last thirty
  years of her life as a
  
  
  farmer and land conservationist, working with the National Trust.
  
  
  
  
  
  The first farm that Beatrix Potter owned was called Hill Top and she used it
  and its Lakeland surroundings in _The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck_. Jemima was
  a real Hill Top duck who wasn’t good at hatching eggs and Beatrix Potter’s
  favourite sheepdog, Kep, features as the wise friend who rescues Jemima from
  the deceptively charming sandy-whiskered gentleman.
  
  
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