You're a Goop!

One of my children's lit students brought this book to class this week:

The Gloop Encycopedia (ca. 1916) details all of the bad habits that children have, such as:

Beginning, Not Finishing
Fidgety Dressing
Clothes Snobbery
Silliness and Giggling
Yawning

the list goes one.
The bad habits are presented with little rhymes. Here's a sampling:

"When you are waiting in a shop,
Don't handle things like Sandy Mopp;
He nibbles and he tastes and takes
Such things as crackers, nuts, and cakes.
The Grocery Man, when Sandy's near,
Says, "You're a Goop! Don't Come in here!"

The Gloops are big-headed featureless folks:



I'm so glad children's lit has evolved. Although, maybe I needed something like this when I was a kid because I think I had at least 60% of the bad habits listed.