In a letter format, (apt since Beatrix Potter wrote numerous letters) Ms. Hopkinson shares about Beatrix and Bertram's menagerie and the mishaps that befell upon many of them. Of course, Beatrix loved to draw those animals. When she decides she wants to draw a guinea pig, she asks her neighbor to borrow her guinea pig named Queen Elizabeth, promising that she will keep her safe. The guinea pig dies. To console her neighbor, she gives her the drawing of her!
Deborah Hopkinson based this book on Beatrix Potter's letters and journals. The death of the neighbor's guinea pig actually occurred. Beatrix, however, was twenty-six years old when the misfortune happened.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
Warning/point to discuss: The guinea pig and other pets die.
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