Animals in picture books exist on a continuum between fully animal and fully human. To sit at the anthropomorphised end of that spectrum, the animal in question:
- wears clothes
- walks around on its hind legs
- talks
- displays human-like emotions
- lives in a house
Beatrix Potter had a massive influence on illustrators all through the 20th century. Any animal dressed in clothes is a descendent of Beatrix Potter.
