The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

By Beatrix Potter

Timmy Tiptoes and his wife Goody, are two squirrels gathering nuts for the winter and storing them in hollow trees. Wrongly suspected of stealing other squirrel's nuts, Timmy is beaten up and trapped in a woodpecker's hole. Here he meets Chippy Hackee, a small striped chipmunk that tends him with kindness and with whom he eats nuts, growing too fat to squeeze through the hole, until one night a big wind blows off the top of the tree, freeing Timmy. Book illustrated with beautiful Potter's watercolors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kitabu
• Release date: Jul 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9788867443376

Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English writer, illustrator, scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals. Written as a gift for the son of her former governess, The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published in 1901. Its success enabled her to commit to full-time writing and illustrating. Potter wrote about 30 books; the best known being her 24 children's tales.

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[t1bclasslibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Timmy Tiptoes and his wife, Goody Tiptoes, store their nuts in several holes. The other squirrels think that Timmy Tiptoes has stolen their nuts, and they catch him and stick him in one of the holes. Eventually he gets out and stores his nuts with a padlock in the future.

[benuathanasia · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Needlessly violent and pointless.

[sealford_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a quaint little tale about woodland creatures trying to prepare for the winter. Even though other animals may threaten to take their food away from them, Timmy Tiptoes has another plan entirely!

[mrslee_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This tale always ruffles my feathers. The injustice of it all! Reading it now, as an adult, I think it captures the capriciousness of squirrels (as we view them) very well. The seeming randomness of little woodland creatures. A fun story.