The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
"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.)
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| Author | Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 |
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| Illustrator | B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood), 1870-1917 |
| Title | The Bad Child's Book of Beasts |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Child%27s_Book_of_Beasts |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, some images courtesy of The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children's poetry, English |
| Subject | Nonsense verses |
| Subject | Animals -- Juvenile poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 27175 |
| Release Date | Nov 6, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 411 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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