Precautionary Tales For Grandparents

Some of Which May be Read to the Young for Their Moral Improvement

James Muirden (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2008
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84024-707-7 (ISBN)

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Inspired by Hilaire Belloc’s moral poems, James Muirden has penned these Precautionary Tales to amuse grandparents, and perhaps their grandchildren too. Whether you grew up reading Belloc or not, this compilation of wit in verse is guaranteed to leave you smiling – and may even teach you a valuable lesson or two.

Many of us remember with pleasure Hilaire Belloc’s humorous and piquant Cautionary Tales. Ever popular since publication in 1940, the moral poems were supposedly for children – but, with their satirical reflections on the state of the nation and the human condition, were also enjoyed by adults.

Inspired by the prose and poetry of Belloc, James Muirden has penned these whimsical and well-observed Precautionary Tales to amuse grandparents, and perhaps their grandchildren too, and impart some moral guidance in today’s world. Read about Matilda, who was too truthful to be successful in business, and John, who lost at conkers and gained his father some useful publicity.

Whether you grew up reading Belloc or not, this compilation of wit in verse is guaranteed to leave you smiling – and may even teach you a valuable lesson or two.

Based in - Exeter, Devon James Muirden is the author of The Cosmic Verses, Shakespeare Well-Versed, A Rhyming History of Britain and 100 Great Brits.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.10.2008
Illustrationen	David Eccles
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 202 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	1-84024-707-X / 184024707X
ISBN-13	978-1-84024-707-7 / 9781840247077
Zustand	Neuware