Books about Beatrix Potter

The Society has its own active publishing programme, details of which can be found in our 'List of Publications'.  As well as Beatrix Potter Studies - the talks given at our International Study Conferences - this includes other works of original research and edited collections of letters.  All are available via our website or the 'List'.
       
Below, in order of publication date, is a selection of recommended books about Beatrix Potter published elsewhere, all illustrated, many with bibliographies. Unfortunately a number of these books are now out of print, but they are available from good libraries, and second-hand on the internet or from book dealers. Please click here for a printable list.

Beatrix Potter’s Americans: Selected Letters, edited by Jane C Morse, Horn Book, Boston, 1982

A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, Leslie Linder, Frederick Warne, revised edition 1987

Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: The Artist and her World, Judy Taylor, Joyce Irene Whalley, Anne S Hobbs and Elizabeth Battrick, Frederick Warne/National Trust, revised paperback edition 1995

Beatrix Potter’s Letters, edited by Judy Taylor, Frederick Warne, revised paperback edition 2001

The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Margaret Lane, Frederick Warne, new paperback edition 2001

Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman, Judy Taylor, Frederick Warne, revised paperback edition 2002

Beatrix Potter: Artist and Illustrator, Anne S Hobbs, Frederick Warne/Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2005

Walking with Beatrix Potter, Norman and June Buckley, Frances Lincoln, 2007

For Adults and Children That Naughty Rabbit, Judy Taylor, Frederick Warne, revised edition 2002 The Ultimate Peter Rabbit: A Visual Guide to the World of Beatrix Potter, Dorling Kindersley, 2007 For Children Beatrix Potter - The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit, Elizabeth Buchan, Frederick Warne, new edition 1998 The World of Peter Rabbit and Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, 2005