The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin illustrated Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter; and first published by Frederick Warne in August 1903.

The story is about an impertinent squirrel named Nutkin and his narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown.

The book followed Potter's hugely successful The Tale of Peter Rabbit and was an