Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny, Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, atteood oldfashioned children Following the models set in lauded tales frohbys hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too, or at least a satisfyingly maudlin one However, it is an unquestionably ruthless act that sets in motion the transfors for not only the four children, but their nanny, an abandoned baby, a candy ue-in-cheek glossary and bibliography, this hilarious and decidedly old-fashioned parody pays playful hoe to classic works of children’s literature