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| Author | Beatrix Potter |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Beatrix Potter |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Frederick Warne & Co |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Published in English | 1907 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck |
| Followed by | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding |
The Tale of Tom Kitten is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published in 1907.
Plot Summary
This book tells the story of three little kittens, Mittens, Tom Kitten and Moppet, who get into mischief. Their mother, Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, grooms and dresses them up for company she is expecting, then sends them out with the admonishment that they not get dirty. They not only get dirty but lose their clothes to some passing puddle-ducks. When they return, she hides them upstairs and tells her company that they have the measles.
Book connections
Tabitha Twitchit had appeared in a previously published story, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, in which she was a shop keeper. The illustrations included her kittens playing.
The cat family re-appeared in The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding. One of the kittens featured in The Story of Miss Moppet and Tabitha Twitchit and her shop are mentioned again in The Tale of Ginger and Pickles.
One of the puddle-ducks from the story is featured in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.
Inspirations
The cat family home was based on Beatrix Potter's own house, Hill Top in Cumbria.
Adaptions
An animated adaptation of the story, shown alongside The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, was featured on The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends in 1993.
References
- The Ultimate Peter Rabbit, published in 2002 by Dorling Kindersley
External links
- The Tale of Tom Kitten at Project Gutenberg
- The Tale of Tom Kitten at Internet Archive. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907. Scanned book, illustrated.
- The Tale of Tom Kitten (An English-Chinese Bilingual Version) at Language Practitioner