Cautionary Verses
$22.17
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2019
Summary
A very funny classic anthology of moral instruction!
If you are prone to telling tales or running away then ignore these poems at your peril or you might suffer the same fate as Matilda, Who told lies and was Burned to Death or Jim, Who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a Lion!
First published over a hundred years ago, Hilaire Belloc’s tongue-in-cheek poems of moral instruction for children, with amusing illustrations by B.T.B. and Quentin Blake, are as sharp, funny and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241378908 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241378907 |
| Author: | B.T.B., Quentin Blake, Hilaire Belloc |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
B.T.B.
Hilaire Belloc (Author)
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.
Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration.
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