''Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes'' is the first of two collections of

nursery rhymes A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From t ...

written and illustrated by

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was he ...

. It was first published in 1917. The title character is a brown mouse who takes food out of a cupboard in someone else’s house.

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Official Peter Rabbit website
{{Beatrix Potter 1917 children's books Books by Beatrix Potter Collections of nursery rhymes Frederick Warne & Co books Picture books by Beatrix Potter British children's books