The Tale of Peter Rabit (Hardcover Library Edition)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into and is chased around the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother who puts him to bed after offering him chamomile tea. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore the son of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore in 1893. Peter Rabbit has remained popular amongst children for more than a century and continues to be adapted into new book editions television programmes and films.