via Victoria & Albert Museum
“The Tale of Kitty Boots”
A previously unknown Beatrix Potter story was discovered in the Victoria & Albert archive in London. The story will be published for the first time this fall with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
Two years ago, Penguin publisher Jo Hanks found mention of the unedited story, entitled “The Tale of Kitty Boots,” in a letter that Potter wrote to her publisher in 1914. A search through the Victoria & Albert archive eventually uncovered the story as well as a rough sketch of Kitty-in-Boots.
The story remained unfinished when Potter died in 1943, despite intentions from the author to finish it Other Potter letters in the V&A archive reveal that she struggled to return to Kitty-in-Boots after a series of real-life interruptions such as keeping up with the daily chores of sheep farming.
The Kitty-in-Boots story attracted illustrator Quentin Blake to the project, known in particular for his illustrations of the Roald Dahl books. Blake said “It seemed almost incredible when, early in 2015, I was sent the manuscript of a story by Beatrix Potter; one which had lain unpublished for 100 years and which, with the exception of a single drawing, she had never illustrated.”
Image: Beatrix Potter/Frederick Warne & Co. & the V&A Museum.
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How can I get on the list for a 1st edition of this new Beatrix Potter book? Thanks.
Here’s some more details we found online: The book is due to be published on 1 September 2016 (ISBN 978-0241247594) by Frederick Warne & Co, the publisher of Potter’s other works, which since 1983 has been an imprint of Penguin Group.
Is it possible for you to notify me when the first print copies of this new Kitty-in-boots story by Beatrix Potterare available?
I am assuming here, that you will have them available… please let me know if this is not the case?
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