For use in schools and libraries only. Whether sorting out shoe sizes with Big Bird, putting on one too many colorful layers to play in the snow, saving a single treat from Cookie Monster's clutches, or learning the ups and downs of flying from Abby, Elmo sure get the concept! Beatrix Potter loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. The Tale of Peter Rabbit published in 1902, was her first book, expanded from an illustrated letter she had sent to a young friend. Beatrix Potter went on to publish more than 20 tales and collections of rhymes.