Title: Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids
Description: What terrible cure lies in store for the girl who feigns illness when it’s time to go to school? And what about Serena Slurp, the greedy guzzler who can’t stop gorging? Or Johnny Bullneck, the bully who gets his fingers burnt (and more!)? And Bessy O’Messy, whose bedroom is like a bomb pit? Or Well’ard Willard who tells his last lie and doesn’t live to regret it? Grim and ghastly fates await fiendish kids with terrible habits.
Subjects: magic, brain surgery, trolls, wolf, trumpet, lightning, Luftwaffe, shoe, witch doctor, ghost, cleats, drawing, thumb, Mafia, theft, sun, supernova, giant, God, Son of God, moribund, cat, con artist, picnic, scrumping, shotgun, cider, butterfly, bedtime, chocolate, royalty, sewing, matchstick, bedroom, jack in a box, joke shop, Short stories, Horror stories, Children's fiction
Places: Devon, Iceland
People: Frankenstein
Time periods: 1952, Victorian Britain, World War Two