{"product_id":"the-bad-beginning","title":"The Bad Beginning","description":"Review\n\nPerhaps A Series of Unfortunate Events is so special simply because Handler saw children as people. He took his readers seriously (Guardian)\n\nThis gothic series is sure to appeal to readers with a taste for the macabre (BookTrust)\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe Bad Beginning is the first book in the globally bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events. This exclusive gold foiled 20th anniversary hardback gift edition commiserates the fact that this brilliantly funny book has been miserably longed for by every child in the world for the last twenty years.\nPerfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Mr Gum, young readers of 8 to 12 will adore the mischievously dark humour. A Series of Unfortunate Events’ has been made into both a blockbuster Hollywood film starring Jim Carey and also a hit Netflix TV series.\nDear reader,\n\nThere is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution…\n\nViolet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.\n\nIn The Bad Beginning, the siblings encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast.\n\nYou have been warned...\n\nAre you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?\nThe Bad Beginning\nThe Reptile Room\nThe Wide Window\nThe Miserable Mill\nThe Austere Academy\nThe Ersatz Elevator\nThe Vile Village\nThe Hostile Hospital\nThe Carnivorous Carnival\nThe Slippery Slope\nThe Grim Grotto\nThe Penultimate Peril\nThe End\n\nAnd what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about:\n‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’\n‘When Did you Last See Her?’\n‘Shouldn’t You Be in School?’\n‘Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’\n\nBook Description\n\nThe official anniversary edition of Book 1 in Lemony Snicket’s bestselling series. With a red fabric reading ribbon - the perfect Christmas gift!\n\nAbout the Author\n\nLemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else. A studied expert in rhetorical analysis, Mr Snicket has spent the last several eras researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans.\nLemony Snicket published his first book in 1999 and has not had a good night's sleep since. He is the author of quite a few books, all dreadful, and has been falsely accused of many crimes, all falsely. Once the recipient of several distinguished rewards, he is now an escapee of several indistinguishable prisons. He is widely regarded as one of the most difficult children's authors to capture and imprison. There are thirteen books in the globally bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events, which should be avoided at all costs.\nUntil recently, Lemony Snicket was presumed to be 'presumed dead'. Instead, this 'presumed' presumption wasn't disproved not to be incorrect. Most things written about him are not true, but this is.\nBrett Helquist was born in Ganado, Arizona, grew up in Orem, Utah, and now lives in New York City. He earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since. His art has appeared in many publications, including Cricket magazine and The New York Times.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40377560498261,"sku":"9780755500321N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/b163645c-5b0f-4584-a301-552ec71b0626.jpg?v=1665566448","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-bad-beginning","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}