Cautionary Tales

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hilaire Belloc
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781035017409
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3501740-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 99 mm x 157 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Poems for Every Occasion
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories, Humour collections & anthologies, Anthologies: general, Humour collections and anthologies, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Anthologies (Children's / Teenage), Classic fiction: general and literary