In "Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature" (2007), biographer Linda Lear describes "Timmy Tiptoes" as "the least satisfactory" of Potter's books, and ascribes its literary and artistic shortcomings to the author's desire to satisfy her publisher's demand for yet another book, to court her American fans with a tale about North American animals, and to make quick money in the American market. Potter's output decreased strikingly after "Timmy Tiptoes" and the length of time between books increased. Two books that followed "Timmy Tiptoes", "The Tale of Mr. Tod" (1912) and "The Tale of Pigling Bland" (1913), have been described as the culmination of Potter's well-structured, imaginative art rather than a continuation of that art.