{"product_id":"9781035017409","title":"Cautionary Tales","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Belloc, Hilaire \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAnthologies (non-poetry)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 February 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan Collector's Library) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e99 x 167 x 17 | 172g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerrifying 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40921143607431,"sku":"9781035017409","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/products\/9781035017409.jpg?v=1710423783","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781035017409","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}