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Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Beverly Cleary Story.
Life Lesson #22 – The Past is Not Just for Old People.
Beatrix was a lonely little girl born in London, England in 1866. Her parents were very busy and hardly had time for a baby, so she was mostly cared for by her nanny, Miss McKenzie whom she loved dearly.
As a very young girl, Beatrix began to draw wonderful pictures of small animals and flowers from the countryside. By the time Beatrix was eight, her parents began to realize that she had an unusual ability for art and began to hire different instructors for her. Some of her drawings are from when she was only nine-years-old. They have been saved through all of these years because Beatrix, whose full name was Beatrix Potter, became the very famous author of books you know such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She also created Benjamin Bunny, Jeremy Frog, and Miss Jemima Puddleduck, along with so many others loved by children all over the world.
Actually, when Miss Potter first wrote her stories with their wonderful drawings, they were in the form of letters to a boy who had been sick. When his family read her letters and enjoyed them so much, she decided to turn the story of Peter Rabbit into a book. Eight thousand copies of the book were sold before it was even printed. Yes, with the work she started even as a child, Beatrix Potter has brought great joy to millions of people throughout several generations. And for that, she became a HERO.
– Jim Lord