Tales for the Perfect Child

Think twice before putting this subversive book in your classroom, for here are seven easy lessons on how to get your own way while seeming to be perfectly well behaved. Ruby, for instance, wants to visit a friend but mother insists she 'watches' younger brother Clyde while she takes a bath. So Ruby does just that as he wreaks havoc right through the house. The likes of Arthur, Bertha and Harriet similarly get the better of their parents. These 'perfect' children are thinly disguised (or rather fatly) as furry animals -- rather evil -- looking ones-by Victoria Chess whose illustrations on every page are the 'perfect' complement to the deadpan tales.