The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan (Beatrix Potter Originals Book 17)

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However, the dog of course does not want to be rude so he sneaks in his own pie and tries to trick her friend. This does not go well for the dog in the end. The tale is set up like any classic tale loved by many children. What I found interesting was that the relatio In this mysterious tale the story of a friendship between a cat and a dog goes wrong when they get together for a party.

What I found interesting was that the relationship between the characters was not fixed in the end, both characters just simply learned the truth on their own and what they may do better next time. However, I did notice that the cats solution to the problem was to not invite a dog to a party in the future which may not be the best example for young readers.

The illustrations in the book are done in black and white which again adds to the mood of a Peter Rabbit Tale. The images are sketched which gives it an old fashioned feel as well. I would recommend this book to be read aloud to young children who understand the meanings of the book because the reading level is quite difficult.

It is also great for more advanced readers to read on their own. I think the author did a great job with the classic, short and sweet tale of the cat and the dog. And people wonder why I find dinner parties a strain.

Greedy guests, without the manners to eat what's put in front of them without breaking into your house to swap their own noxious concoctions for yours. Indelicate hosts, who take sadistic pleasure in forcing you to stuff down food you cannot possibly like. Not to mention catering to those who insist on having sugar lumps placed on their nose instead of in their tea, and frantic trips to the corner shop in order to find food to fill up the cor And people wonder why I find dinner parties a strain.

Not to mention catering to those who insist on having sugar lumps placed on their nose instead of in their tea, and frantic trips to the corner shop in order to find food to fill up the corners. This is why meals between friends should be shared in a restaurant. As I'm finding with most Beatrix Potter stories, this is a messed-up little tale involving deception. Duchess the little black dog is invited to have pie meat pie, of course -- thank you, Britain by Ribby the brown tabby cat, but Duchess doesn't let Ribby know she doesn't want mouse and then goes about trying to avoiding eating mouse and generally wreaking havoc.

The illustrations are cute but entirely unbelievable a cat in a dress - ha! Zelda did not care for this book or the ideas it put As I'm finding with most Beatrix Potter stories, this is a messed-up little tale involving deception. Zelda did not care for this book or the ideas it put in my head about putting her in a dress. Feb 08, Neville Ridley-smith rated it liked it.

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan

On to book 7. Apparently this was originally published in a bigger format than the other books and only later converted to fit the smaller size. A tale of subterfuge and manners. Personally I think it went on a bit long for what it was. And the ending was a bit weird. Jan 26, Clare rated it really liked it. This has to be my favourite Beatrix Potter book. It is so ridiculous She just mixes up everything and it makes me laugh.

Dec 31, Natasha rated it really liked it Shelves: A cat invites a dog over for tea and bakes a special pie, the dog is sure the pie will be filled with mice so when the cat goes out to buy muffins, the dog decides to switch the pie with her own veal pie. Jun 18, Jennifer rated it it was amazing. This book has it all: And where on earth did Dr. Jan 05, Joani rated it really liked it Shelves: This book has many things working for it, great author, fantastic illustrator one in the same, Beatrix Potter , but I will also admit, it has another claim on my affections, the star is a black Pomeranian.

I like to pretend it is Cordelia. Jul 27, Joy C.

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter

What a delightful and charming little book! Gracie and I read it this morning and loved it to bits: The Duchess made us laugh so hard. Mar 08, Audryaunna rated it really liked it Shelves: This is a very cute story of Ribsy, a cat, and Dutchess, a dog who are very good friend.

The plot twist is that Ribsy is allergic to mice. There is not much to say about this story. Dec 25, Janelle rated it liked it Shelves: Nov 15, Manish Shetty rated it liked it. Cute story, after reading this felt like having a pie. Apr 15, Isabella Lierman rated it really liked it Shelves: The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan is about two characters. Ribby, the cat and Duchess, the dog.

They are going to have tea together because Ribby invited Duchess over for tea and pie. However, Duchess does not like mice pie. Duchess makes a pie to secretly bring over so she can eat that instead of the pie that Ribby makes.

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Ribby puts her pie in the bottom oven at her house and Duchess sneaks in to put her pie in the top oven at Ribby's house. Ribby pulls her pie out of the oven and doesn't se The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan is about two characters. Ribby pulls her pie out of the oven and doesn't see Duchess'. Duchess eats the whole pie and is then distressed about the patty-pan in the pie because she baked on in hers.

She doesn't know that she is eating Ribby's pie and Ribby baked her pie without a patty-pan. Duchess thinks she ate the patty-pan and it will kill her. This is a story about honesty, friendship and respect. This story employs great use of irony because both characters are lacking in crucial information about the pies that causes a hysterical conundrum. This story would make a great read-aloud in class because there is a lot of vocabulary and manners that can be discussed with a 3rd or 4th grade class. Jan 27, Katie rated it really liked it. Aug 29, Sorina rated it liked it Shelves: May 12, Jhon Lindarte rated it it was amazing.

Mar 25, Virma rated it liked it. Silly but cute story. Apr 24, Gina G rated it really liked it. A new BP story to me. Feb 08, Miranda Malonka rated it really liked it. Rather absurd but loved it. Mar 25, Sonia Critchlow rated it really liked it. Quite a comical bed time read really.

Just long enough for tonight's story. Feb 01, Karen rated it really liked it Shelves: Ellie is reading through all the Beatrix Potter books we have.. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses, and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District developed a love of lan Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

She had numerous pets and through holidays in Scotland and the Lake District developed a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. As a young woman her parents discouraged intellectual development, but her study and paintings of fungi led her to be widely respected in the field of mycology. I think I have got it right.

I was intending to explain the ovens by saying the middle handle is very stiff so that Duchess concludes it is a sham;—like the lowest.

I think only two pages want changing; I think it will come right. The drawings were finished and in early June Warne approved. Potter wrote she was glad he liked the drawings, and "if the book prints well, it will be my next favourite to Tailor. She was energized with the completion of the book and wrote Warne she wanted to settle on future work before leaving for a holiday in Wales.

In Merioneth she received his letter of proposal on 25 July and accepted, but he died suddenly and unexpectedly on 25 August before a marriage took place. The Pie and the Patty-Pan was published in October in a large format, priced at one shilling, [16] and dedicated to Joan, the sixth child of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore , and to Beatrix, Mrs.

Moore's newborn and Potter's god-daughter: The book's endpapers had been overlooked. Potter wrote to the firm: Stokoe has already designed one—I do not mind one way or another; I had begun to scribble something but it looks a bit stiff. Stokoe apparently did not design one because the endpapers were either plain white or mottled lavender.

Several years later, they were replaced with a design featuring a pie and a patty-pan and the cover illustration changed to Ribby sitting by the fire. In the s, the book's size was reduced to bring it into line with the rest of the Peter Rabbit books. Potter declared the tale her next favorite to The Tailor of Gloucester.

The pictures are some of the most beautiful Potter ever created, especially the profusions of flowers in the doorways and garden plots. The colors in the illustrations are not the muted browns and greens the reader expects in a Potter illustration, nor are they the contrasting colors such as the muted reds and blues Potter uses occasionally to give her illustrations a splash of color. Instead, the colors are bright oranges, violets, and yellows seldom seen in her other books.

Even Ribby's lilac dress and Duchess's black mane illustrate Potter's concern for color in this book. Potter's own three-door oven, her hearthrug, her indoor plants, her coronation teapot, and her water pump are minutely detailed with more color than in other productions. The large format of the original edition, the captions accompanying the full page color illustrations, and the occasional lack of coordination between picture and text all display Potter's delight in the pictures, sometimes at the expense of the text.

Ribby promises Duchess she shall have the entree entirely to herself. Duchess accepts the invitation but hopes she will not be served mouse. And I shall have to eat it, because it is a party. Duchess has prepared a ham and veal pie in a pink-rimmed dish just like Ribby's dish , and would much rather eat her own pie. Ribby has two ovens, one above the other, and she puts her mouse pie in the lower oven.

She tidies the house, sets the table, and leaves to buy tea, marmalade, and sugar. Duchess meantime has left home with her ham and veal pie in a basket, passes Ribby on the street, and hurries on to Ribby's house. She puts her pie into the upper oven, and searches quickly for the mouse pie which she does not find because she neglects to look in the lower oven. She slips out the back door as Ribby returns.

At the appointed hour, Duchess appears at Ribby's door and the party begins. Distracted for a moment, Duchess does not see which oven Ribby opens to remove the pie. Duchess eats greedily, believing she is eating her ham and veal pie. She wonders what has happened to the patty-pan she put in her pie, and, not finding it under the crust, is convinced she has swallowed it.

She sets up a howl; Ribby is perplexed and annoyed but leaves to find Dr. Duchess is left alone before Ribby's fire, and discovers her ham and veal pie in the oven.

No wonder I feel ill," she muses. Knowing she cannot adequately explain her ham and veal pie to Ribby, she puts it outside the back door intending to sneak back and carry it home after she leaves for home. Maggoty arrive and, after much fuss, Duchess takes her leave, only to find that the magpie who has left by the back door and a couple of jackdaws have eaten her ham and veal pie.

Ribby later finds the remains of the pie dish and the patty-pan outside the back door and declares, "Well I never did! Tiggy-Winkle are transitional works in Potter's life and literary career. All three books confront the meaning of domesticity, work, and social hierarchies while exhibiting an underlying discomfort with the unyielding strictures of Victorian domesticity, and a disengagement from the broad political and social concerns of her earlier books to the more narrow political and social concerns of working farmers and rural people.

MacDonald of New Mexico State University at the time of her Beatrix Potter argues that the theme of The Pie is the very proper social relations between neighbours in a small town. She points to the overly formal quality of the letters exchanged between the heroines as one example of the theme, and another, she indicates, is the manner in which the two pass each other on the street without a word to one another because "they were going to have a party".

Though Duchess probably does not speak to Ribby for fear of revealing her plan to switch the two pies, Ribby probably does not speak to Duchess out of an exaggerated sense of politeness or because she is rushed. At the hour of the party, Duchess is anxious to arrive on time, yet not too early, and loiters outside Ribby's cottage before delivering her most "genteel little tap-tappity" and asking "Is Mrs. For Potter, the result of such elaborate etiquette was nonsensical, distorted behaviour. Nevertheless, the cat and dog remain friends at the end of the story, and, in carefully avoiding any offence, their social pretenses and codes of etiquette are maintained.

Potter asserted her tales would one day be nursery classics, and part of the process in making them so was marketing strategy. Ribby coming from the farm with butter and milk was released as a figurine in ; Duchess with a bouquet of flowers in ; Duchess holding the ham and veal pie in ; and Ribby and the broken pie dish in A limited edition tableau depicting Duchess and Ribby was produced only in A music box playing " Music Box Dancer " and topped with a porcelain figure of Duchess holding a bouquet was released in As of , all of Potter's 23 small format books remain in print, and available as complete sets in presentation boxes, [28] and as a page omnibus.

The English language editions of the books still bore the Frederick Warne imprint in though the company was bought by Penguin Books in The printing plates for the Potter books were remade from new photographs of the original drawings in , and all 23 volumes released in as The Original and Authorized Edition. Potter's books have been translated into nearly thirty languages including Greek and Russian. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 October DuBay, Debbie; Sewall, Kara The Peter Rabbit Story Characters. Hobbs, Anne Stevenson Lane, Margaret []. The Tale of Beatrix Potter.

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