PETER GOES NORTH

Over a century after Beatrix Potter created Peter Rabbit, Emma Thompson (Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing) has come up with a brand new adventure for everyone's favourite bunny:

Aside from starring in Much Ado, Emma has been Miss Trelawney, the eccentric foretelling teacher at Hogwarts.

In The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, the titular character is accidentally sent across Hadrian's Wall in a picnic basket. In the unfamiliar heathlands, he encounters a taller black bunny in a kilt: Finlay McBurney, a hitherto unknown relative of his.

In the McBurney rabbit-hole, Peter has his first bowl of porridge, and he learns that he is blood-related to his Scottish hosts. The next day, the English bunny helps Finlay win the rabbit version of the Highland Games.

Tossed up in the air, to celebrate victory.

But the story reaches a bittersweet conclusion when Peter, seized with homesickness, has to return south, to the lush Cotswolds, with his worried mother and sisters. Cue the McBurneys shedding many a tear and telling Peter Rabbit to return soon!

Eleanor Taylor's illustrations are a real piece of art, and Peter's discovery of Scottish blood running through his veins was something completely unexpected. These are the reasons why I recommend this book!

It is available in Castilian, and costs 15 euros (aprox.) in Spain.