Among the best-loved characters that appeared in St. Nicholas magazine were the Goops, who also starred in books including Goops and How Not To Be Them. Drawn by humorist Gelett Burgess (author of the poem "The Purple Cow"), these diminutive creatures possessed perfectly round heads and embodied the worst traits of children. For example, Hatesope adamantly refused to bathe. He and the rest of the troop find trouble that would have won the admiration of their latter-day counterparts (and fellow round-heads), the South Park kids. Unlike the South Park bunch, though, the Goops were designed to teach good manners. Young readers were supposed to frown on their frolicking, not imitate it.