Cautionary Tales & Bad Child's Book of Beasts

by Hilaire Belloc

Overview

Naughty children were never funnier than the young rowdies of these Cautionary Tales. In rhyming couplets, accompanied by hilarious drawings, a celebrated wit recounts the perilous consequences of telling lies, slamming doors, and playing with guns. Bad Child's Book of Beasts, an illustrated A-to-Z bestiary with droll observations on wildlife, features a series of droll observations on wildlife.
The Polar Bear is unaware
Of cold that cuts me through
For why? He has a coat of hair.
I wish I had one too!
A prolific author whose interests ranged from politics and religion to travel and poetry, Hilaire Belloc wrote these classics at the turn of the twentieth century. Generations of readers of all ages have adored their amusing advice on juvenile manners and their jolly parodies of Victorian attitudes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486467856
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	09/19/2008
Series:	Dover Children's Classics
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

A close friend of G. K. Chesterton's, Hilaire Belloc was a prolific author whose works include biography, essays, travelogues, and verse.

Table of Contents

Cautionary Tales for Children
Introduction
Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion
Henry King, Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies
Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death
Franklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by his Uncle
Godolphin Horne, Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black
Algernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister, was reprimanded by his Father
Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason
Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career
Lord Lundy (Second Canto)
Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions
Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
Introduction
The Yak
The Polar Bear
The Lion
The Tiger
The Dromedary
The Whale
The Camel
The Hippopotamus
The Dodo
The Marmozet
The Camelopard
The Learned Fish
The Elephant
The Big Baboon
The Rhinoceros
The Frog