Cautionary Tales & Bad Child's Book of Beasts (Belloc - paperback)

Author: Hilaire Belloc

ISBN: 9780486467856

Binding: paperback

Section: Childrens-Classics

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!

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. Meanwhile, Bad Child's Book of Beasts, an illustrated A-to-Z bestiary, features a series of droll observations on wildlife.