The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography

10 best books like The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography (Margaret Lane): The Printed Letter Bookshop, The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise, The Day the Crayons Quit, Fox's Garden, Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler, The Van Gogh Cafe, Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings, Beatrix Potter's Journal, Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales, How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

The Printed Letter Bookshop

Author	Katherine Reay
ISBN	0785222006

Love, friendship, and family find a home at the Printed Letter Bookshop

One of Madeline Cullen’s happiest childhood memories is of working with her Aunt Maddie in the quaint and cozy Printed Letter Bookshop. But by the time Madeline inherits the shop nearly twenty years later, family troubles...

The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise

Author	Julia Stuart
ISBN	0385533284

Brimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie.

Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise...

The Day the Crayons Quit

Author	Drew Daywalt
ISBN	0399255370

Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!

Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange...

Fox's Garden

Author	Princesse Camcam
ISBN	1592701671

One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden...

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

Author

Lynne Olson

The dramatic true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade--codename Hedgehog--the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days.

In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman...

The Van Gogh Cafe

Author	Cynthia Rylant
ISBN	0152057501

At the Van Gogh Cafe, anything can happen. Clara's dad owns the cafe, and she's seen it all--from food that cooks by itself to poems that foretell the future. This award-winning collection of vignettes by Newbery medalist Cynthia Rylant is a treat to be relished. So bring your appetite for the unexpected,...

Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings

Author

Kelly Rae Roberts

Stretch Your Wings, Learn to Soar, Take Flight

In "Taking Flight," you'll find overflowing inspiration—complete with a kindred spirit in author and mixed-media artist Kelly Rae Roberts. Join her on a fearless journey into the heart of creativity as you test your wings and learn to find...

Beatrix Potter's Journal

Author	Beatrix Potter
ISBN	0723258058

This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter’s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love.

Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal features...

Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales

Author	Marta McDowell
ISBN	1604693630

A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award

There aren’t many books more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit and even fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Her characters—Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and all the rest—exist in...

How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

Author	Dana K. White
ISBN	0718079957

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in and learn how to keep it under control.

“The dirty little secret about most organizing advice is that it’s written by organized people,” says blogger, speaker, and decluttering expert Dana K. White. “But that’s not how my brain works. I’m...