A Children's Primer of Cautionary Tales
A Children’s Primer of Cautionary Tales is a satirical bestiary for grown-ups disguised as a children’s book. Each tale introduces a mythic bureaucratic beast - grotesque, allegorical, and eerily familiar - designed to expose the absurdities of modern governance, institutional rot, and moral cowardice. With lyrical verse, painterly imagery, and biting wit, this Primer invites readers to laugh, recoil, and reflect.
Perfect for lovers of Edward Gorey, Shel Silverstein, and Orwellian allegory, this is bedtime reading for the disillusioned and the defiant.
Ready to meet the monsters we let rule us? Download the Primer and enter the Codex, where satire bites back. You'll Get... A full-color digital e-book (PDF) with 20+ original beasts with poetic profiles and painterly illustrations. Sigils, refrains, and allegorical warnings for each creature. Bonus endpapers, ex libris, back cover art, memes, and musings. A mythic lexicon of governance gone wrong.