Cautionary Tales For Children

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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."

First published in the year 1907, Hilaire Belloc's present book 'Cautionary Tales for Children' consists of fully illustrated short stories written primarily for young children.

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 Hilaire Belloc

A collection of six of Hilaire Belloc's humorous cautionary tales.

Excerpt from Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children Between the Ages of Eight and Fourteen Years Read him Stories through and through, And even took him to the Zoo But there it was the dreadful Fate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.