Children's author Anne Bustard on her favorite picture book biographies and a few collected biographies, too, birthday by birthday.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
July 28 Birthday: Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter, artist
July 28, 1866-December 22, 1943
Beatrix by Alexander Wallner (Holiday House, 1995)
Beloved English author and illustrator, Potter’s life is captured on the page in this tribute to her.
The Beatrix Potter Society was “founded in 1980 by a group of people professionally involved in the curatorship of Beatrix Potter material.” Click here and read about Some Places to Visit (with links) to Potter materials and memories.