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The Wouldbegoods

by Edith Nesbit

Good intentions, unruly adventures

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Good intentions, unruly adventures

After a disastrous game sends the six Bastable children from their Blackheath home to the country, they form the Society of Wouldbegoods with a shared aim: to improve themselves through good deeds. Their efforts—ranging from arranging a tombstone to playing at being Beavers and damming a river—repeatedly go awry. The collection builds its comedy from the gap between the children’s earnest plans and the trouble those plans cause. Country escapades, sibling camaraderie, and the challenge of doing good without quite mastering the consequences shape these stories.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in mischievous sibling adventures.
  • Readers who enjoy comic stories centered on children’s well-meant schemes.
  • Those exploring classic children’s fiction.

Themes

Good intentions and unintended consequencesSibling camaraderieChildhood mischiefCountry adventures

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Book overview

Having been banished from the Blackheath mansion after a disastrous game of 'Jungle Book', the six Bastable children find all kinds of adventures to take up their time in the country.

 

After meeting the siblings, Denny and Daisy, the children group together to form a 'Society of Wouldbegoods' who seek to become better people by doing good deeds. However nothing seems to go according to plan! Whether trying to erect a tombstone for a neighbour's son, or damming a river while playing Beavers, trouble is never far away in these hilarious stories that have been a favorite of children for over 100 years.

 

Don't miss the Bastable's other adventures in The Story of the Treasure Seekers, and The New Treasure Seekers, also from Living Book Press.

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