{"product_id":"cautionary-tales","title":"Cautionary Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWicked children, take warning. The fire, the Lion, and the great red legged scissor man are all waiting, and none of them are patient.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot yet released.\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition is finished and in production. Write to the press and we will let you know the day it goes on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition gathers the four great books of the English nursery macabre into a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeinrich Hoffmann’s \u003cem\u003eStruwwelpeter\u003c\/em\u003e (1845), the picture book of gruesome ends that terrified generations of children into eating their soup and holding their nurse’s hand, appears in the anonymous 1848 English translation that made “Shock-headed Peter” a household terror. With it stand three books of Hilaire Belloc’s pitch perfect deadpan verse: \u003cem\u003eCautionary Tales for Children\u003c\/em\u003e (1907), \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Child’s Book of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e (1896) and \u003cem\u003eMore Beasts for Worse Children\u003c\/em\u003e (1897), in which children who tell lies, slam doors and run away from their nurses meet the fates they so richly deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny and frightful in equal measure, and as delicious now, for readers of every age, as they were a century ago. Fifty poems, each labelled by volume and freshly set on its own page, behind an original mixed media cover illustration by JVB Atelier Designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifty poems from \u003cem\u003eStruwwelpeter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCautionary Tales for Children\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Child’s Book of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMore Beasts for Worse Children\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorthlume Classic Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 90 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"JVB Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700572713002,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0228\/4330\/files\/cautionary-tales.jpg?v=1786972473","url":"https:\/\/northlume.org\/products\/cautionary-tales","provider":"Northlume ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}