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...dissertation could be written on the curious phenomenon of children's literature written by childless authors. From Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak, the phenomenon persists. The incidence is too high to be coincidental. Perhaps the writers substitute audience for family. Perhaps, like Beatrix Potter, they seem more comfortable in the domain of childhood, where fantasy is the norm and reality the intruder...
Born into the stifling world of Victoriana, little Beatrix lived in a universe of iron stricture. There were bars on her bedroom windows; a grim governess ordered her life. She was denied dolls-but she was allowed to have a pet rabbit. It was that little rodent that formed the foundation for her career. Little Beatrix observed him well and immortalized him as Peter Rabbit. Her fresh pastel drawings and brief, energetic tales-of birds, foxes, fish and mice-caught the fancy of children throughout the Western world. By her death in 1943, Beatrix Potter was second to only...
...other Western capitals, Amsterdam has had its quota of student barricades, tear gas volleys and police baton charges. The youthful protesters, who used to be known as Provos (for provocateurs), rioted over almost everything from Crown Princess Beatrix's lavish wedding in 1966, when they tossed smoke bombs at the royal carriage, to the country's critical housing shortage. But new tactics were introduced early this year by the Kabouters, or Pixies, who decided that fun and games might be more effective than paving stones and smoke bombs...
Born. To Crown Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands, 31, and Prince Claus, 43: their third son; in Utrecht...
Some of the special areas within the bookstore are a children's section, which has Beatrix Potter and other little books in a variety of languages, a comic book section, and a "Little Magazine" wall of esoteric magazines. One wall is devoted to foreign language periodicals and books. The books are a strange breed, especially if you want to read James Bond in Italian or Perry Mason in German...