{"product_id":"cautionary-tales-and-other-verses-folio-society-996","title":"Cautionary Tales and Other Verses","description":"\u003cp\u003eCautionary Tales and Other Verses by Hilaire Belloc. Nine full-page colour illustrations and 33 black \u0026amp; white illustrations by Posy Simmonds. Bound in cloth with a design in dark green, red, yellow, white and black by Simmonds. Yellow endleaves. Orange slipcase. 23.6x16.5cm. 160 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales and Other Verses brings together comic poems that parody the moralising literature traditionally written for children. Belloc describes spectacular punishments suffered by badly behaved youngsters, usually with deliberately exaggerated seriousness. His strong rhythms, absurd situations and wonderfully dry humour make the poems entertaining both as children's verse and as satire of conventional Victorian moral instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216483107155,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421150298451,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/996.jpg?v=1792531795","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/cautionary-tales-and-other-verses-folio-society-996","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}