Washoe County Library System

This original, authorised version has been lovingly recreated electronically for the first time, with reproductions of Potter's unmistakeable artwork optimised for use on colour devices such as the iPad.
Beatrix Potter gathered material for a book of rhymes over many years. In 1917, when her publisher was in financial difficulties and needed her help, she suggested that Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes could be brought out quickly, using her

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Having gone home with Maxwell for summer vacation, Fluffy the classroom guinea pig goes swimming, enters a contest, and investigates a jungle.

A tale of twenty adventurous guinea pigs on sea and land illustrates the process of subtraction as their numbers dwindle.

Fluffy the guinea pig accidentally accompanies Ms. Day's class on a field trip to the planetarium.

When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.

"The guinea pigs are having a party, and like many children's birthday parties, things aren't going perfectly. But in the end everyone has a good time and the party is a success!"--

When his friend Soldier hurts his head, Little Whistle to find something to make him feel better so he will be able to tell the other toys their bedtime story.

On Lisa's first day at a new school, she and a bossy classmate begin playing a series of tricks on each other, using the class guinea pigs.

A guinea pig who lives in Toytown invites his friends in the toy store to a dinner party at midnight.

When his owner's parents let him go in Central Park, a young guinea pig learns to survive in the natural world with the help of a "park-wise" squirrel while trying to find his way back home.