Precautionary Tales for Grandparents: Some of Which May Be Read to the Young for Their Moral Improvement

by James Muirden

Inspired by Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children, whimsical and well-observed precautionary tales to amuse grandparents and impart moral guidance Many readers 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184024707X
• ISBN13: 9781840247077
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Summersdale
• Length: 192 Pages