Peter Rabbit was a figment of the imagination of the very creative Beatrix Potter. The author was born in 1866 in Victorian Kensington London. Her home was large and sumptuous, her family rich. She was raised with several servants, a shy girl who wiled away many hours of every day by herself. Beatrix Potter learned many artistic things from her…
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The Magic Of Harry Potter Meets The World Of Flowers
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the world of movies and books in the last several years, you know whom Harry Potter, the boy wizard and star of J.K. Rowling’s acclaimed series of books, is. The magic of Harry Potter is so pervasive that it has even entered the world of flowers in the name of a…
Gratitude Lies In Guessing Harry Potter S Grandfather S Name
Before you see where this article is heading, maybe you would like to take a short quiz on Harry Potter. To all Harry Potter’s fans and foes out there, please give your best shot at answering the following question. What would you call Harry Potter’s grandfather? Any success yet, no? Come on, surely you can think harder than that? You’ve…
Your Children Know More Latin Than You
The beautiful language of Latin has been undergoing an incredible revival of interest lately. Why has this formerly moldy language acquired a new luster? What constitutes a “revival of interest”? Last year 148,000 students applied to take the National Latin Exam, according to their website (www.nle.org). In North Carolina there was a 156% increase in the number of students taking…