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Happily Never After: Modern Cautionary Tales

Happily Never After: Modern Cautionary Tales

by Mitchell Symons (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

    $3.24
Synopsis

From bestselling revolting reference expert Mitchell Symons comes this wickedly funny modern take on Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses. Meet a true rogue's gallery of horrid kids who hit the skids. Callum: who was a dreadful bully until he received his come-uppance; Tiffany: who couldn't put down her mobile phone and died a horrible death; Bill: whose ability to fart ended in tears and Chloe: whose determination to have the most Facebook friends meant she lost her real ones.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 176
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Doubleday Childrens
Published: 03 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 0857532707
ISBN 13: 9780857532701
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: From bestselling revolting reference expert Mitchell Symons comes this wickedly funny modern take on Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses.

Media Reviews
These poems will have you laughing out loud, just before you pause and think, is Mitchell Symons writing about me? Ideal for reading aloud at parties and family gatherings when the not-so-young may appreciate the humour even more than the children! Absolutely hilarious! * Carousel *
Author Bio
Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express. Mitchell has won the Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Awards twice, for WHY EATING BOGEYS IS GOOD FOR YOU and DO IGLOOS HAVE LOOS?