"Miss Moppet" was more successful than its companion piece "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit" according to M. Daphne Kutzer, an English professor at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and author of "Beatrix Potter: Writing in Code" (2003). Kutzer writes: "the illustrations are more fluid and the storyline more humorous and less moralistic". Potter was never at her best when writing for a clearly defined audience, Kutzer observes, and in writing a Victorian moral tale about teasing, Potter failed to completely engage the reader's imagination in either the story or the illustrations. However, as MacDonald notes, "Miss Moppet" remains in the Potter canon, and serves as a good initial approach to Potter's literature.