Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: Cautionary Tales
Author(s): Belloc Hilaire
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781035017409
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 3/5/2024
Category: Short Stories (Children's / Teenage)