The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
by Beatrix Potter
English • Children's Classic • Published 1908 • Free to stream
Jemima Puddle-Duck wants to hatch her own eggs and sets off from the farm on a fateful adventure. A gentle warning about trusting strangers, told with warmth and charm. Stream it free, narrated by Libby — natural AI voice, no account needed.
About the book: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1908. The tale is set in Potter's Lake District farm, Hill Top. The protagonist had already appeared the previous year in The Tale of Tom Kitten as a supporting character, and the book was subtitled A Farmyard Tale.
The story follows Jemima Puddle-Duck, who is not allowed to keep the eggs she lays at the farm and seeks out a nesting place in the forest. A charming gentleman fox talks her into nesting at his house, but the farm collie, Kep, rescues Jemima after she is sent to collect herbs. The book is almost as popular as the first of Potter's little books, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and serves as a cautionary fable warning about going into the unknown.
A biographer suggests that a drawing by Beatrix's father of a flying duck wearing a bonnet may have been a forerunner of the character, and a painting of Jemima flying in a bonnet is included in the book.
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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck was written by Beatrix Potter and published in 1908.
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