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100 1 _aBelloc, Hilaire,
_d1870-1953
245 1 4 _aThe Bad Child's Book of Beasts
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Child%27s_Book_of_Beasts
500 _aRelease date is 2008-11-06
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, some images courtesy of The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChildren's poetry, English
653 _aNonsense verses
653 _aAnimals -- Juvenile poetry
700 1 _aB. T. B.
_q(Basil Temple Blackwood),
_d1870-1917
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27175
999 _c68084
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