- It"s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix Potter"s very first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books, these editions have delightful colourful covers and specially designed endpapers. And to make them extra special, we have included a publisher"s note to tell you all about the history of how each book came to be. The Tale of Pigling Bland was published the year that Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to farming life for good. She had already been keeping pigs and she sketched them for this story, using her own farmyard as the setting. One little black pig was a household pet and features as the perfectly lovely Pig-wig who runs away with Pigling Bland. The Tale of Pigling Bland is number 15 in Beatrix Potter"s series of 23 little books.