The illustrations for Tom Kitten combine the drawings she created during that time with the interior and exterior sketches of the Hill Top farmhouse, her beloved country residence. Left by themselves afterward, the kittens quickly manage to not only soil their clothes but lose them altogether.īeatrix Potter had borrowed a kitten from a workman to model for her previous tale, The Story of Miss Moppet (1906). In the story, a mother cat dresses her playful kittens in fine clothes in preparation for a tea party. It has since been reprinted many times and also been translated into several languages.
It was first published in September 1907. The Tale of Tom Kitten is a picture book for young children by the English author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. Front cover of the first edition of The Tale of Tom Kitten.
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