BEATRIX POTTER loved the countryside and she spent much of her otherwise conventional Victorian childhood drawing and studying animals. Her passion for the natural world lay behind the creation of her famous series of little books, A particular source of inspiration was the English Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and land conservationist, working with the National Trust. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny continues the story of Beatrix Potters first and most popular book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter once again ventures into the forbidden territory of Mr. McGregor's garden, but this time in the company of his reckless young cousin Benjamin.