by Hilaire Belloc · Puffin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140350869
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«Selected Cautionary Verses» is a collection of humorous poems by Hilaire Belloc, published by Puffin Books in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Collects several of Hilaire Belloc's cautionary verses: rhymed poems in which disobedient children and animals suffer absurd consequences, told with irony and humor. Includes series such as «Cautionary tales for children», «The bad child's book of beasts» and «Ladies and gentlemen», with moral and satirical tone.
The book belongs to the Puffin Classics collection and corresponds to the 1987 edition, within Puffin Books' children's and young adult catalog.
For young and adult readers who appreciate satirical poetry in English and classic humor with a moral.
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire. His Catholicism had a strong effect on his works.
