[1] Potter introduces the story as her explanation of how the pig from Edward Lear's poem, "The Owl and the Pussycat" comes to travel to the "land where the Bong-Tree grows".

[2] Potter began writing The Tale of Little Pig Robinson in 1893 after a holiday to Falmouth and other coastal towns, in particular Hastings where she gained inspiration from the landscape.

While writing The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, Potter drew some of her first drawings in her journal, including character sketches and literary portraits.

The story was first published in September 1930 in Britain by Frederick Warne & Co. and in America by David McKay Publications[4] after both companies encouraged her to release a new book in 1929.

[5] The Tale of Little Pig Robinson has been called a conventional narrative when compared to some of Potter's latter literary efforts, lacking the concentrated intensity of her other writing.