The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is number eleven in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows:

Although Jeremy Fisher has no fish to offer them, his two friends come to dinner at his house anyway. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise brings a salad with him. Jeremy Fisher and Sir Isaac Newton eat roast grasshopper with ladybug sauce. The story's narrator concludes her tale by saying that, although frogs consider roast grasshopper with ladybug sauce to be a delicacy, she thinks that it must taste nasty. Along the way, Jeremy gets waylaid by all manner of obstacles and challenges – as well as nearly getting eaten by a fish – and the book ends with him returning home to the safety of his ‘slippy-sloppy’ house on the side of the pond. Where Can You Sell A Jeremy Fisher 50p? Excellent!’ he said. ‘I will dig up some worms to use as bait and go fishing. I shall have a dish of tasty minnows for my dinner and, if I catch more than five fish, I will invite my friends Mr Alderman the Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton to join me. But, as the tortoise is vegetarian, he prefers salad.’ Once or twice something moved about with a rustle and a splash amongst the rushes at the side of the pond.Rupert William Potter, Beatrix Potter's father, was a major influence on the composition of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Rupert William Potter was a keen fisherman and enjoyed telling stories about his fishing exploits. In the illustrations to The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Beatrix Potter attempted to imitate the style of Randolph Caldecott, a respected English artist and children's book illustrator whose works Rupert William Potter collected. Potter felt that her attempt to imitate Caldecott's style had not been entirely successful.

The origin of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher lies in a story letter Potter wrote to a child in September 1893 while summering on the River Tay. [8] The following year, she created nine sketches called "A Frog he would a-fishing go" and sold them to publisher Ernest Nister. They were released with verses by Clifton Bingham in 1896. [9] [10] Mr. Jeremy bounced up to the surface of the water, like a cork and the bubbles out of a soda water bottle; and he swam with all his might to the edge of the pond. Despite this, the coin is still highly sought after for being one of the 13 Beatrix Potter 50ps, and if you can manage to complete the set then it will be much more valuable than having the coin on its own. Jeremy Fisher 50p DesignPeter Rabbit loves the yummy vegetables he finds in Mr McGregor's garden, the only problem is: Mr McGregor doesn't want Peter to get his paws on his crops! Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. Her humorous and lively tales are a natural part of childhood, and are the perfect nursery books for all little ones.