The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse
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Discover what the end of the world really looks like . . . 'Lara has constructed her own home-made flame-thrower. The flame-thrower has turned the walking corpses into burning walking corpses. Now everything they touch catches fire. 'This did not happen with the cricket bat,' thinks Lara' __________ 'Some people say civilisation after a zombie apocalypse will go back to The Stone Age. Nobody tidies up or collects the bins. The electricity keeps going off. There are dead bodies piled up in the streets. It is actually more like the 1970s.' __________ This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. 'Hilarious' Stylist Explore other essential life companions in the Ladybird Books of Mindfulness, The New You, The Meeting, and more.
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24 released booksLadybird Books for Grown-Ups
Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups is a 24-book series with 24 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Jason A. Hazeley and Joel Morris.
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The writing in this adult picture book is a sardonic rip at our culture's obsession with zombies through the lens of reappropriated artwork from (my guess is) the 1950-60's. It has the feel of a collection of New Yorker comics focusing on the theme of the Apocalypse:
“Sebastian is manning the Ventnor comms station on the Isle of Wight. An island is a safe place to be because it is easily quarantined, but supplies from the mainland can be irregular. If the islanders find out Sebastian is hoarding the last roll of toilet paper, they will break in and kill him.”
I expected a few laughs from the absurd juxtapositions, but was surprised to find an analogizing of our current paranoia over zombies with our history of casting indigenous peoples as primitive savages.
Social commentary on deeply ingrained racial biases gives this book more of a reason for being besides a few cheap jokes about how oblivious people of the 1950's seem to us today.
