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Title	:	Cautionary Tales for Children
Author	:	Hilaire Belloc
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 72 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published 1907)
Categories	:	Poetry. Fiction. Humor. Childrens. Classics. Picture Books

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For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction for all types of mischief makers—from a certain young Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," to the tale of Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death”—and add up to a delightful read for any fan of Roald Dahl or Shel Silverstein. 

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Original Title:	Cautionary Tales for Children
ISBN:	0151007152 (ISBN13: 9780151007158)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United Kingdom

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Thanks to Cecily for pointing me to this book! It was available online at Gutenberg, and I wasted no time in reading it. It is sarcastic, creepy and hilarious in a very English way.About Jim, who ran away from his nurse:With open Jaws, a Lion sprang,And hungrily began to eatThe Boy: beginning at his feet.Now just imagine how it feelsWhen first your toes and then your heels,And then by gradual degrees,Your shins and ankles, calves and knees,Are slowly eaten, bit by bit.No wonder Jim detested it!

Belloc's Tales were originally published in 1907. They're amusing. They are a perfect text for Gorey: a little Old Possum's, a little Gashlycrumb. They are so perfect a text for Gorey's art that I couldn't believe the edition was first published in 2002. I spent longer looking up Belloc and the various editions than I did reading the short book. This just seems so very much like something Gorey would have done in the 50s. Come to that, he may have done. The Estate released the illustrations for

You can find the complete book, with illustrations, online at Google Books or Project Gutenburg.As its title says, this book is full of gory poems celebrating the gruesome punishments (deaths! in some cases) of children who are just not well-behaved. I'm not sure if this is for young children--I'm not going to read it to my kids, at least not yet--but those 8 and up will probably find this book hilarious (if they can understand the language and references). The black and white illustrations are

I know many of these well enough to recite them. Some of my favourite quotes:[Jim, who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion:]"Now just imagine how it feelswhen first your toes and then your heelsand then by gradual degreesyour insteps, ankles, calves and kneesare slowly eaten, bit by bit!No wonder Jim detested it!No wonder that he shouted Hi!The honest keeper heard his cryThough very stout, he almost ranto help the little gentleman!"[Henry King:]"Physicians of the utmost fame Were

This hilarious albeit dark book is both imaginative and witty, and an excellent one for parents as well as children that they can both enjoy.

Edward Gorey fastidiously illustrates these cautionary tales. One would be tempted to read one of these scary tales to a particularly bratty kid to cure him. Might work.

Rhyme, rhythm, repetition.Snuggled in a cuddly, loving lap.Rhyme, rhythm, repetition. Pictures for full multi-sensory immersion. Rhyme, rhythm, repetition.Two voices: sometimes taking turns, sometimes in unison.Rhyme, rhythm, repetition.This is the stuff of formative childhood memories. My father regularly read these poems to me with melodramatic intonation when I was a child. He read (and sung) other things, but these were always the favourites. To this day, I know many of them by heart and I