![]() ![]() In 1993, the tale was adapted to animation and telecast as an episode of the BBC series, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends. Tiggy-winkle became a character performed by Sir Frederick Ashton in The Royal Ballet film, The Tales of Beatrix Potter. ![]() The tale has been published in braille and the Initial Teaching Alphabet, and has been translated into French, German, and Dutch. Tiggy-winkle became a popular character and the subject of considerable merchandise over the decades including nursery ware and porcelain figurines. The simple dwellings, rustic pathways, and stone fences enhance the tale's timeless aspect and suggest an unchanging countryside and its way of life. Tiggy-Winkle is set in an identifiable place and time period, the tale is mythologized by reaching back to an age when household chores were performed manually and without the aid of modern mechanical inventions. Tiggy-winkle has been described as one of Potter's most positive creations. The Newlands Valley and the surrounding fells are the sources for the backgrounds in the illustrations. Potter's Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny make cameo appearances in the illustrations. ![]() Lucie Carr, a child friend of Potter's, was the model for the fictional Lucie. Tiggy-winkle, and Kitty MacDonald, a Scottish washerwoman, were the inspirations for the eponymous heroine. ![]()
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Dumbledore was just one of a small handful of characters to appear in every Harry Potter movie. ![]() and the team behind the film adaptations have a difficult task in casting a major role, but they had to do it multiple times. Related: Why The Harry Potter Movies Cut Professor Binns Even after the wizard's tragic death, Dumbledore's legacy lived on. Dumbledore founded the Order of the Phoenix and stood as a symbol of resistance following Lord Voldemort's second uprising. He was a half-blood wizard with immense powers and strength for leading through the toughest of times. Over time, Harry and his friends started to understand just how much influence Dumbledore had on the wizarding world. Albus Dumbledore served as Harry Potter's primary mentor during the young wizard's time at Hogwarts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She said she wanted to see her nephew, Michael, again too. Hazel phoned her to invite her off-world to Sangrin to celebrate a sort of alien Christmas with her. 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![]() ![]() The editorial credit on some of the diaries published by Sparks identifies her as "Dr Beatrice Sparks, PhD". She has worked as a music therapist at Utah State Mental Hospital and taught continuing education courses at BYU.Ĭritics have called the precise extent of Sparks' qualifications and experience into question. Sparks began working with teenagers in 1955, after attending the University of California at Los Angeles and Brigham Young University. Copyright Office show that in fact she was listed as the sole author for all but two of them. Although Sparks always presented herself as merely the discoverer and editor of the diaries, records at the U.S. The books deal with topical issues such as drug abuse, Satanism, teenage pregnancy or AIDS, and are presented as cautionary tales. Beatrice Sparks was an American therapist and Mormon youth counselor who was known for producing books purporting to be the 'real diaries' of troubled teenagers. ![]() |