Product Description : Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (Peter Rabbit) Beatrix Potter gathered material for a book of rhymes over many years In 1917 when her publisher was in financial difficulties and needed her help she suggested that Appley Dapplys Nursery Rhymes could be brought out quickly using her existing collection of rhymes and drawings The fact that the illustrations were painted at different times explains why the style occasionally varies Appley Dapplys Nursery Rhymes is number 22 in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books the titles of which are as follows 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs TiggyWinkle 7 The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima PuddleDuck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny TownMouse 14 The Tale of Mr Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie and the PattyPan 18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapplys Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsleys Nursery Rhymes ( it is an used product)