Celebrate Beatrix Potter’s birth month by exploring how the natural world — and her close connection with small animals — inspired her beloved stories and artwork. We’ll share a few short Beatrix Potter tales, try our hand at drawing and painting, tell stories, and meet a live bunny: sweet Snoopy the Rabbit and his human, Claudia Dery.

10 to 11 a.m. at the Harris Center. For children ages 5 and up. Free of charge. Space is limited, and registration is required. For more information about this particular event, including questions about accessibility, contact Susie Spikol.

Left: A teenage Beatrix Potter with her pet mouse Xarifa in 1885 (photo © Princeton University). Right: Beatrix Potter with a border terrier in 1897 (photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Snoopy the Rabbit (photo © Claudia Dery) and a drawing from The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter (photo © British Museum)