![]() ![]() ![]() After the success of Tom Kitten, Warne was approached by a company who wanted to make a musical version.īeatrix dismissed this idea as “considerable twaddle”. Contemporary picture books are full of all sorts of lovable animals from every classification, but Beatrix Potter was paving the way and her publisher was testing the waters.Īlthough Potter succeeded in creating lovable frogs, and hedgehogs, her publisher was right about cats. She made the background illustrations particularly beguiling to compensate for the ick factor of the frog. In contrast, Beatrix had a hard time selling the concept of Jeremy Fisher. It seems fluffy mammals are an easier sell. It was Beatrix’s publisher Harold Warne who thought cats would make good characters for one of her picture books. Maurice Sendak: ‘He Saw It, He Liked It, He Ate It’ ![]()
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