'The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin' is number two in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books.Īge Rating: 3–12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure 1040L Today, Beatrix Potter's original 23 tales are still published by Frederick Warne. With revenue from the sales of her books, Beatrix Potter bought a farm-Hill Top-in the English Lake District, where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood. Tiggy-winkle, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck, Mr. From her first book, 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', published by Frederick Warne in 1902, she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs. See what happens when Old Brown, the terrifying owl guardian of the island decides he has had it with silly Nutkin's cheekiness! Ouch!!īeatrix Potter is still regarded as one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. Join Nutkin, his brother Twinkleberry & all his cousins as they traverse to Owl Island to gather nuts. Short, but delightful, this is an enchanting story for little children.Beatrix Potter's famous tale of a naughty squirrel who loses his tail is as popular today as it was when it was first published over 100 years ago. With Beatrix Potter’s typical bounding charm come Nutkin and his family onto the page in witty sentences and bright watercolour images. Brown’s talons that his tail comes in two and he runs away. Brown the Owl gets fed up with Nutkin’s bad behaviour and is going to eat him, but Nutkin pulls so hard in Mr. He very nearly gets eaten for his sauciness, but escapes to be a wiser squirrel in the end. While the others are very polite and conscientious, Nutkin is a very bad-mannered little squirrel. And all would have gone well if Nutkin had not been so saucy and ill-behaved. When nut season came, the squirrels would all paddle out to the island to collect their nuts but first they had to pay a tribute to the owl that lived there.

In the middle of the lake was a little island which was covered in lots of nut-bushes. Nutkin lived, with his brother and a great many cousins, in a wood at the edge of a lake. This is not just a tale, it is a tale about a tail - a tail of a squirrel named Nutkin. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix PotterĪ short but witty story of a saucy little squirrel.

The tale of squirrel nutkin