What is The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin?
{{italic title}} {{Infobox book | name = The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin | image = The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin cover.jpg | caption = First edition cover | author = [[Beatrix Potter]] | illustrator = Beatrix Potter | country = England | language = English | genre = [[Children's literature]] | publisher = [[Frederick Warne & Co]]. | release_date = August [[1903 in literature|1903]] | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]]) | preceded_by = [[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]] | followed_by = [[The Tailor of Gloucester]] }} '''''The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin''''' is a [[picture book]] written and illustrated by [[Beatrix Potter]]. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in August 1903. The story is about a [[squirrel]] named Nutkin who annoys an [[owl]] called Old Brown. The owl grabs the squirrel's tail and pulls it off. Potter's next book was ''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]''. == Story == Squirrel Nutkin's brother Twinkleberry, Nutkin and their many cousins sail to Owl Island. They made a boat of twigs. They offer the owl Old Brown gifts. They ask his permission to collect nuts on his island. Old Brown lets the squirrels pick nuts. Squirrel Nutkin dances and sings silly riddles to the owl, every day. Finally Nutkin makes the Old Brown mad. The owl catches Nutkin. Nutkin escapes, but loses most of his tail. After this he becomes furious when he is asked riddles. ==Other websites== {{Wikisource}} {{Commonscat}} *{{Gutenberg|no=14872|name=The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin}} *[https://archive.org/details/taleofsquirrelnu00pottuoft ''The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin''] at [[Internet Archive]] *[http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/kesbp.htm ''Visiting Cumbria''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108044932/http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/kesbp.htm |date=2010-11-08 }}: Photographs of Lingholm, Derwent Water, and environs *[http://www.lyndiechiou.com/WordPress/?p=86 ''The Riddles of Squirrel Nutkin''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716142403/http://www.lyndiechiou.com/wordpress/?p=86 |date=2014-07-16 }} from Lyndie Ch