The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

by Beatrix Potter

Book Overview

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher endures as one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It tells of an optimistic and slightly accident-prone frog, who sets off on a fishing expedition... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0723243018
• ISBN13: 9780723243014
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.
• Length: 29 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Good Buy

The book is good for playing with your children, the only trouble with it is that your toddler will not put it down and the baby will probably tear away the flaps!

"He lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups..."

This cute little book was written and illustrated by the great Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) in 1906, the eighth of her many wonderful stories. This book tells the tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, a frog who decides to go fishing for minnows, so that he can have his friends over for dinner. But, Mr. Fisher never anticipated the many problems his little fishing excursion would run into! Overall, I found this to be a very cute story, and a lot of fun to read to my little one. Mr. Fisher's damp home is funny, as is his aplomb in facing his problems. This is a great book, that I highly recommend!

Potter never talks down to children!

I was given this book when I was ten, and it is now a favorite of my three year old. She especially loves that Mr. Jeremy's house is "slippy-sloppy" and that he likes getting his feet wet. The story is fun and funny, and Potter's use of language is intelligent. This is the kind of book that inspires children to be better speakers. Any children's writer who uses words like "disconsolately" is five stars to me!

A great one

Like so few of Potter's books, this one actually makes sense and lives up to its legend. The gags are still funny for starters and there are few, if any, arcane references to long gone trivia. The minor characters are even fun. My own favorite thing about Jeremy Fisher is that he is eaten, then spit back out because his rain gear doesn't taste good to the fish who's swallowed him! How many books do you know where the main character is eaten? Good stuff.

A Child's Pleasure

The simple text and artwork captivated my daughter. The sturdy hard board is great for a toddler. This is one of her favorite books.