The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
type: ebook
publisher: Project Gutenberg
license: license
issued: 2008-11-06
rights: Public domain in the USA.
downloads: 293
creator: 2437
ill: 32512
description: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Child%27s_Book_of_Beasts
marc508: Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, some images courtesy of The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
marc520: "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts" by Hilaire Belloc is a children's book published in 1896. Through superficially naive verses and playful illustrations, this tongue-in-cheek work offers mock advice to young readers. The poems feature sage-like animals contrasted against dull, self-satisfied humans, creating a witty reversal of typical children's literature. The book became an immediate success, selling 4,000 copies within three months. Its clever verse and memorable style have drawn comparisons to later works like Dr. Seuss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
marc908: Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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birthdate: 1870
deathdate: 1953
alias: Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre
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32512
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birthdate: 1870
deathdate: 1917
alias: Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Ian Basil Gawaine, Lord
alias: Blackwood, Basil T.
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Category: Poetry
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Category: Humour
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