The Tailor of Gloucester - format ePub

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"The Tailor of Gloucester" is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, privately printed by the author in 1902, and published in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in October...

Dies ist die Geschichte vom kleinen Eichhörnchen Nusper und seinen Erlebnissen auf der Euleninsel. Mit 26 liebevoll gestalteten, originalen Farbillustrationen von Beatrix Potter und frei übersetzt von...

This is a Tale about a tail, a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of...

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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets-when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta-there lived a tailor in Gloucester. He sat...

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Pierre Lapin est un petit lapin bien désobéissant. Sa maman, Madame Lapin, lui a interdit d’aller dans le jardin de Monsieur MacGregor. Mais il n’en fait qu’à sa tête : sitôt sa maman partie, il court...

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Mademoiselle Jeunette est un petit chaton, et elle apprécie bien peu qu’une petite souris se moque d’elle. Mademoiselle Jeunette essaye de l’attraper pour se venger… mais la souris est décidément très...

Jemima Canard, une cane très têtue, décide un jour d’aller faire son nid loin de la ferme, où la fermière ne pourra pas lui prendre ses œufs. En chemin, elle rencontre un gentleman au poil roux et aux...

Madame Tichat a invité des amies pour le thé. Avant leur arrivée, elle habille Tom et ses deux sœurs de beaux vêtements tout propres. « Attention, les enfants ! Ne vous salissez pas ! », leur dit-elle....

Découvrez l’histoire d’un petit lapin qui a eu bien tort d’avoir été vilain ! Pierre Lapin, Benjamin Lapin, Jemima Canard, Madame Piquedoux… Les personnages espiègles de Beatrix Potter continuent de ravir...

Quelques jours avant Noël, le Tailleur de Gloucester commence à concevoir un magnifique manteau pour le maire de Gloucester. Il pense toujours à laisser quelques bouts de tissu aux petites souris, pour...

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Les quatre contes les plus connus de Beatrix Potter ("Pierre lapin", "Tom chaton", "Sophie Canétang" et "Noisette l'écureuil") sont interprétés avec talent par Liliane Davis. Sa voix douce est accompagnée...

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