BEATRIX POTTER
by John Malam
Beatrix Potter (24 pp.; $19.93; Nov. 3; 1-57505-275-X): A charming biography in the Tell Me About series, about Peter Rabbit’s creator. Malam includes some of Potter’s early paintings—a whole page of caterpillars drawn when she was nine, and a life-like rabbit she drew four years later. The famous tale of how Peter Rabbit came into being is presented, along with an overview of Potter’s life and books. With full-color and black-and-white illustrations. (chronology, glossary, index) (Biography. 5-8)