Samuel Snail is always late: "Though Mother worries, Samuel never hurries!" Johnny Giraffe caught a cold because he refused to listen to his mama and keep his long neck covered with a muffler. Foolish Lulu Lambkin calls and bawls when she's left alone for only a moment, and rude Christopher Crocodile yawned in his grandma's face without covering his big mouth with his paw.
These naughty creatures offer children examples of how not to behave, from Willie Wolf and his appalling table manners to Charlie Chipmunk and his tiresome chattering and Little Tony Tigerkin, who seldom wears a happy grin. Charming verses, accompanied by 24 full-page, black-and-white illustrations, recount the misdeeds of each wild rascal.
Dover (2014) republication of the edition published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1926.
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Helen Cowles LeCron is the author of The First Snow and Charlie Chipmunk as well as the co-author of A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina's Best Recipes.
Illustrator Maurice Day was a prolific artist, sculptor, photographer, and naturalist. Day is best known for his association with several top animation studios, including MGM, Hanna-Barbera, and Disney.