Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse and Other Cautionary Tales for Children: Illustrated by Hilaire Belloc (9781517187064)

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Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse and Other Cautionary Tales For Children by Hilaire Belloc. Parents who will stop at nothing to make their children behave may want to present this Victorian cautionary talein good spirit, of course. Belloc's Jim is very well provided for in his self-controlled parents' home. The naughty boy defects, though, running away from Nurse, and is eaten by a zoo lion. Chess's art shows off the splendor of indoor life in those days: trim, warm interiors with a la mode wallpaper and draperies. She also presents very personable zoo bears, ant-eaters, Ponto the lion and a very veracious zookeeper. Ages 7-up.

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Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse and Other Cautionary Tales for Children: Illustrated

Hilaire Belloc

Basil T Blackwood

Description - Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse and Other Cautionary Tales for Children: Illustrated by Hilaire Belloc

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