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E: 12/08 Win a Copy of The Tale of Mrs. Twiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter!
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Win a Copy of The Tale of Mrs. Twiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter!
Beatrix Potter had a pet hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-winkle[1] and used the animal as a model for the book’s illustrations.
Like Wow have a copy of this delightful book to give away to one lucky winner!
The character of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is based on a real person named Kitty MacDonald, a washerwoman whom Beatrix Potter’s family employed for eleven summers when they vacationed in the Scottish Highlands.
Beatrix Potter describes Kitty MacDonald as being a small, round, suntanned woman with small, dark eyes who wore several petticoats and a white cap. The character of Lucie is based on a girl named Lucie Carr, one of the two daughters of the local vicar, whom Beatrix Potter met when she was on vacation in Cumbria in 1901.
The book is dedicated to Lucie Carr.
On one occasion, Lucie Carr left her gloves behind after taking tea at the country house where Beatrix Potter was staying, thus giving Potter the idea of Lucie losing her handkerchiefs.
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