About the Book

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children''s book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904.

Story and Connection

The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter''s return to Mr. McGregor''s garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure.

Themes and Significance

In Benjamin Bunny, Potter deepened the rabbit universe she created in Peter Rabbit, and, in doing so, suggested the rabbit world was parallel to the human world but complete and sufficient unto itself.