Author(s): Belloc, Hilaire,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 15/02/2024,
Pagination: 144 pages,
Series: Poems for Every Occasion,
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library,
Published By: PAN MACMILLAN ,
Book Classification: Anthologies (non-poetry)
Dimensions: 99 x 167 x 17mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781035017409

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First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times.

Terrifying and funny at the same time, and with a true sense of the absurd, Belloc brings us the renowned 'Jim, Who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a Lion' and unfortunate 'Rebecca, who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably'.

As well as these stories and many more, this edition includes a selection of mischievous poems from The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts and More Beasts for Worse Children. This volume includes the original illustrations by Basil Temple Blackwood, known as B.T.B.