Series: The Cottage Tales Of Beatrix Potter
by Author Susan Wittig Albert
The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood (2007)
This is the most exciting, magical story by Susan Wittig Albert! Even though she colours in every resident, we stay with characters we like: Beatrix, Will Heelis, Caroline, Dimity Woodcock, and introduce Irish schoolmate Deidre Malone. Deidre is housed by the veterinarian family, for being the...
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag (2010)
I love the characters; the cozy based-on-a-true-story mysteries are generally interesting; the parallel human/animal/Beatrix Potter material has so much potential. Yet so much of each book is spent repeating the back story for it all (telling rather than showing) in a narrator's voice that is mor...
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (2009)
Some really nice characters flanked by some rather mediocre storytelling... the moments with Beatrix and her thoughts are lovely, but the narrator is constantly stepping out of the story to say things like, "I know we view things differently in the 21st century but this is how the Victorians felt...
The Tale of Briar Bank (2008)
This is the 5th book in the Cottage Tales series. This one occurs after Beatrix and the town are cut off from the world due to a snowstorm. There is a death, which appears to be accidental and the burning of a hay barn. There are mysterious markings on a tree nearby. The animals and Beatrix ...