Cautionary Tales for Children, Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years


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Jim, who Ran Away from His Nurse, and was Eaten by a Lion


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A hardcover release of a darkly comic, cautionary 1907 classic adds whimsical illustrations, interactive lift-flaps and a roaring lion pop-up to the story of a youngster whose forays from home culminate in a "miserable end."




Cautionary Tales & Bad Child's Book of Beasts


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Presents short verses involving naughty children and their violent ends due to their bad deeds, and verses describing different animals including a lion, a tiger, and a polar bear.




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Cautionary Tales for Children


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A collection of instructive lessons for almost everyone.




The Bad Child's Book of Beasts


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Cautionary Tales for Children


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Cautionary Tales for Children is a children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. It is a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.




Cautionary Tales for Children


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Cautionary Tales for Children Hilaire Belloc Pictures by B. T. B. Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is a 1907 children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. It is a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century. The work is in the public domain in the United States. Illustrated by Belloc's friend from Oxford Basil Temple Blackwood, it is similar in style to the The Bad Child's Book of Beasts which had brought Belloc public acclaim and commercial success a decade earlier. The book contains an introduction and eleven tales, all written in rhyming couplets. Four of the Cautionary Tales were set to music by Liza Lehmann in 1909; the famous contralto Clara Butt sang the piece in a successful tour of Britain in the same year.




Cautionary Tales for Children


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One of Hilaire Belloc's most famous works, "Cautionary Tales for Children" satirizes a genre of admonitory children's literature popular in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The seven stories contained in this work are macabre parodies of childhood lessons, and will entertain more sophisticated readers who can appreciate these tales of disproportionate punishment. Presented in a classic picture book style, illustrators have captured the foibles of children like Jim, who let go of his nurse's hand and was eaten by a lion; Matilda, who told lies, and was burned to death; and Henry King who swallowed string. The consequences range from naughty children being whimsically eaten by lions, to stern reprimands for a boy who fires a loaded gun at his sister. Originally written nearly a century ago, Belloc's sprightly verses are a quick and cathartic read for teenagers, and reflect a trend of literature that is still popular today.