And the award for grossest-looking book tie-in I've seen for some time goes to these Peter Rabbit Gummy Candies, reviewed by the always-fascinating Candy Blog:


They look repulsive, and that was before I read the reviewer's take on the way they smell (like "styrofoam packaging, cinnamon breakfast syrup and flip flops") and mentioned that they left a "burning sensation" in the mouth. Charming!

Labels: Beatrix Potter, Food, Such wrongness

TODAY is reporting that several famous children's books from the collection of U.S. professional football player Pat McInally are going up for auction next month, including a copy of Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There that belonged to Alice Liddell, the British girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice books, a copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit that belonged to Beatrix Potter, a first-edition copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and signed, limited-edition copies of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.

Man, I really hope that Alice copy goes to a good home, because otherwise you just know somebody toolish like Marilyn Manson is gonna buy it and do something gross to it.

Labels: Beatrix Potter, Classic books, Lewis Carroll

In further Beatrix Potter movie news, Renee Zellweger has been
cast as Miss Potter. Er... okay.






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Is this some kind of early April Fools' joke that I'm just not getting?

Labels: Beatrix Potter, Holiday, Movie