''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 other European 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. Fro ...

written and illustrated by

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...

. 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