01138cam a2200289 4500 241886472 TxAuBib 20150101120000.0 990309s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99014750 9780060283124 lib. bdg. 0060283122 lib. bdg. 9780064407663 0064407667 TxAuBib Snicket, Lemony. The bad beginning [Book] / by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 162 p : ill ; 19 cm. After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. 20150101. Orphans Fiction. Brothers and sisters Fiction. Humorous stories. Helquist, Brett, ill.