Landale's Cautionary Tales: Comic Verse for the 21st Century

Landale's Cautionary Tales: Comic Verse for the 21st Century

by JamesLandale (Author)

Synopsis

Meet Gloria, a young shopaholic who learns the value of money the hard way (Moral: If you shop until you drop / One day the trust fund will stop ); or Jonathan, who picks more than his nose (Moral: Orificial exploration / Is but good in moderation ). In the tradition of Hilaire Belloc, James Landale presents a gallery of awful children doing beastly, but very modern things. The perils of video games, text messaging and retail therapy are all laid before the reader, with appropriately unsettling illustrations.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 90
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 12 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 1841958476
ISBN 13: 9781841958477

Media Reviews
This rich territory is mined by Landale with great brio, and shrewd selection. The Times A remarkable achievement Sunday Telegraph
Author Bio
JAMES LANDALE is an experienced journalist who is currently the Chief Political Correspondent for BBC News 24. Before joining the BBC in January 2003, he spent ten years working at The Times, most recently as Assistant Foreign Editor. He lives in London.