The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

by Beatrix Potter

Book Overview

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle is an original classic by Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle was first published in 1905, and is as charming today as it was then. It tells the tale of a hidden home high in the hills. It is discovered one day by a little girl called Lucie, who is in search of her missing pocket handkerchiefs. She knocks on the tiny door, and meets Mrs Tiggy-winkle who does all the washing and ironing for the neighbouring animals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0723247757
• ISBN13: 9780723247753
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Warne Frederick & Company
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Yes, she'll do it Mam!

She is one of my favorite of the Beatrix Potter pantheon. Wouldn't you love to waddle down a path with her? Talking of buttercup buds and Mrs. Robin's yellow stockings!

Charming book-in excellent condition!!

This lovely little book is charming, and it will make a nice read for a small child-or a grandmother!! Buy it and enjoy it!!

gentle little book, lovely illustrations

I found this book on the street yesterday (someone threw it out) and read it---with pleasure. It's a gentle little book of a bygone era, about a sweet little girl who goes looking for her missing handkerchiefs, and has a chance encounter with a kindly, motherly hedgehog who's a laundress. Although the book, originally published in 1905, is lacking in much plot or tension, there is something charming about it---and brings you back to a bygone era of innocence. Although I don't want to overly idealize the past---certainly there were no lack of terrible things happening to children back then---this does at least show some of the positives of that time. There is nothing sharp or edgy or overly clever about this book, and that makes it a breath of fresh air. Also, the illustrations are just fantastic---soft and sweet and fun and full of crisp detail. The two-year-old in me was transfixed! Read & enjoy!

A Sweet, Dreamy Fantasy

This is the story of a little girl named Lucie, who has a habit of losing her pocket-handkerchiefs. When she goes in search of some, she finds a magical door into a hill. Inside there is a little woman covered in prickles who washes clothes for all the animals featured in Beatrix Potter's books: a scarlet waist-coat for Cock Robin, a tablecloth for Jenny Wren, a red handkerchief for Mrs. Rabbit, a pair of stockings for Sally Henny-Penny; and three pocket-handkerchiefs and a pinny for young Lucie. The two of them walk back down the hill toward Lucie's house, delivering laundry all the way; and when she turns to bid Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle farewell, she sees (as if waking from a dream, Alice-like) a small hedgehog running up the hill. The story ends with the charming postscript reminding the reader that Lucie did return to the stile with her clean laundry as evidence of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's existence. This is one of the more fanciful of Potter's books, and since it deals with articles of clothing that are no longer worn in Western society, it is a little harder to follow than some of her stories. Still, it is a charming fantasy for readers who are able to enter into its dreamy spirit.

A beautiful book for children

Lucy is always misplacing her things. No matter how good she tries to be, she still loses her hankies and other things. One day, she decided to go on a hunt for her hankies. Along the way, she asks creatures if they've seen her handerchief. And she meets Mrs. TIggy-Winkle.It is a charming story with beautiful illustrations. My boys really enjoy looking at the pictures of this book! I enjoy reading this one to them! When they are older, this book will be perfect for their beginner's lessons. The pictures are charming and the story itself is lovely.10-29-03

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

"The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" is another perfectly splendid story by Beatrix Potter. This time the author introduces a human character to the world of animals. A little girl, Lucie, has a bad habit of losing her pocket-handkerchiefs. On this particular day she has lost three, as well as a pinny. She goes searching for them in the hills where she finds a door going straight into the hill. When she opens it she discovers a clean kitchen and a peculiar little person. Her name is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and she is a washer-woman. Lucie's missing hankies and pinny are being washed and ironed by her. I love the way Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's little black nose goes sniffle, sniffle, snuffle, and her eyes go twinkle, twinkle. Also, the way she always answers questions with "if you please'm". The illustrations are nice and children will enjoy Ms. Potter's beautiful narrative and finding out Mrs Tiggy-Winkle's true identity.