A Cautionary Tale By Boris Johnson

IF you’re still scratching your head for a Christmas present for that dreadful couple you meet at dinner parties, you know the sort, been everywhere, done everything, send their four year-old kids to Chess classes, Palates for Little Ones and Konman Maths, then politician, TV host and father, Boris Johnson MP, may have the answer.
Boris’s latest book which he also illustrated, is called ‘The Perils of Pushy Parents’ and is a modern-day cautionary tale, available for under ‘a tenner’.

Synopsis (from Waterstone’s website – Link

“The nicest kids you ever saw Were Jim and Molly Albacore! Alas for Molly and Jim, their lives were not entirely cushy: Their parents were so very pushy. Mr and Mrs Albacore will do anything to get their offspring to the top of the pile. Father reads great literary works to them before they are even born, and puts them down for MENSA at five. Mother is not content unless her darlings are the star of every show. Molly and Jim, however, are happiest eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and watching telly.
In this very funny book, Boris Johnson issues a verse warning to all pushy parents! if you push your children far enough they may push back, with dire consequences. Illustrated with delightful line drawings by the author.”

Available from The Book House, Thame