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Cautionary Tales for Children
Hilaire Belloc
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Description for Cautionary Tales for Children
Hardcover. Includes classic tales of Awful Warnings about the consequences of Bad Behaviour. Illustrator(s): Bentley, Nicholas; Blackwood, Basil. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YQE. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 211 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
These classic tales of Awful Warnings about the consequences of Bad Behaviour are among the best of comic verse ever written for children. 'Designed for the Admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years', they were first published in 1907; though such eccentricity as Henry King's chewing string may no longer be a common misdemeanour, the humour is perennial and continues to entertained generations of children and their parents. This edition includes New Cautionary Tales, first published in 1930, and illustrated by Nicholas Bentley, who replaced as collaborator the poet's friend Lord Basil Blackwood (B. T. B. ... Read more
These classic tales of Awful Warnings about the consequences of Bad Behaviour are among the best of comic verse ever written for children. 'Designed for the Admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years', they were first published in 1907; though such eccentricity as Henry King's chewing string may no longer be a common misdemeanour, the humour is perennial and continues to entertained generations of children and their parents. This edition includes New Cautionary Tales, first published in 1930, and illustrated by Nicholas Bentley, who replaced as collaborator the poet's friend Lord Basil Blackwood (B. T. B. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Childrens Classics
Condition
New
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857159370
SKU
9781857159370
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About Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc was born in France and educated at Newman's Oratory School and at Balliol College, Oxford. From 1906 to 1910 he was Liberal MP for Salford and literary editor of the Morning Post. As well as writing books of verse and novels, he also wrote on religious, social and political topics.
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