Fantasy: The Tales of Peter Rabbit
Author and Illustrator : Beatrix Potter
Genre: Fantasy (Animal Fantasy)
Major Awards: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1958)
Age Group: 5-9 years old
The Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, is a fun
“hare” raising story, that teaches kids the importance of listening to their
parents in the adorable story of a little rabbit name Peter. The Tales of Peter Rabbit is about a
mother and her 4 little rabbits Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail, and Peter. One day
while Mrs. Rabbit went into town to run some errands she told the 4 little
rabbits that they could go to the fields and down the lane, but not to Mr.
McGregor’s yard. Mrs. Rabbit didn’t want her little rabbits to go into Mr.
McGregor’s yard because Mr. Rabbit had an accident in Mr. McGregor’s yard and
was “put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor.” While Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-Tail
picked blackberries, Peter did the exact opposite of what his mother said and
went into McGregor’s yard. Peter ate all different kinds of freshly
grown vegetables from Mr. McGregor’s yard; he ate so much it made his stomach
hurt. While he was in the garden, Peter ran into Mr. McGregor and began to run
as fast as he could to get away from Mr. McGregor. Peter was so frazzled that
he didn’t remember which way was home and had to go through a very stressful
and suspenseful journey to get out of Mr. McGregor’s yard. Peter eventually
made it out of the yard and made it home safely, but he had lost all his
clothes and became sick and didn’t get to share in the food that Ms. Rabbit had
made the little rabbits.
The
Tales of Peter Rabbit is a nice book that would make a
wonderful edition to any Kindergarten- 4th grade classroom library. From the story to the illustrations, to the size of the book
itself, indicates the book was created for young readers. When integrating this book into
the classroom I believe that The Tales of Peter Rabbit would be a wonderful book
to introduce the elements of a story to students. After reading the book once
for interest in class, and discussing the elements of a story, the book can be
used to give the students examples of the different elements of a story. For
example, students could write and draw the setting of the book, write and draw
the main characters, along with the rest of the story elements. Through this activity, students will be able to make the connection between the concept and the text,
which in turn will help them to understand the story more in depth.
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