This fascinating little book tells the story of Beatrix Potter, the writer and artist who created some of the world's best loved characters including Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and Mrs Tiggy-winkle. It describes her life from her lonely childhood in a big London house, where her animals were her best friends, to her old age as a successful farmer in the Lake District. And it reveals how her pet, Peter, came to be the most famous rabbit in the world.