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On Beatrix Potter’s birthday, revisit Laurie Colwin on the author’s childhood sketches of fossils, fungi, and butterflies that inspired her “Peter Rabbit” tales. https://t.co/wn6K3fYExY
Maria Popova is a blogger and cultural critic.
"Peter Rabbit" creator Beatrix Potter's little-known scientific discoveries and mushroom paintings, which mycologists still use to identify species https://t.co/kjTklrhCag
Animal advocate. Vegan. Peanut butter enthusiast. Fan of train travel, Thoreau, Mozart, hats, and the Oxford comma. Author of "The Way of the Rabbit." He/him
Amazon reviewer: "★★★★★ As a childhood fan of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, ‘The Way of the Rabbit’ was a treat. Not since Potter have I seen rabbits captured with the sheer intelligence, mischievousness, and elegance that they possess.” https://t.co/6kpVqUXl2x #rabbits