The Wonderful World of Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups)

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Touchstone to Publish an American Version of the Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups Series". AdWeek. 5 July 2016 . Retrieved 5 August 2016.

Well naturally with the coming of the internet providing your own humorous text to go with some of those pictures was a diverting pass time for many of my generation or thereabouts. I think there was an attempt by a woman to publish her own book recycling old Ladybird illustrations in that way and once the dust of court action eventually settled the publisher who currently owns the rights to Ladybird books Warning! This may not be the same publisher by next week, there's probably a Ladybird book that explains how the publishing world works realised there was some money in the concept and lo, it came to pass that Messrs Hazeley & Morris wrote a series of light-hearted Ladybird books for adults on useful subjects such as the Hangover, the Mid-Life Crisis, as well as the alleged subject of this review, among others making use of the full range of illustrations from the original Ladybird books. THE PERFECT GIFT for the party animal . . . or at the very least, for that person you know who doesn't know when it's time to go home.

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For what it's worth, the books in this series are published in the U.K. as "Ladybirds for Grown-Ups". The "Fireside Grown-Up Guides" are now starting to be published in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster, and are fairly faithful adaptations. Either way you can find them, as Ladybirds or as Fireside Grown-Up Guides, these books are a hoot. The Ladybird imprint began life in 1940 with Bunnikin’s Picnic Party, the first of a new series dreamed up by Loughborough-based printer turned publisher Wills & Hepworth, which had set itself up in 1915 as an outlet for “pure and healthy literature” for children. Between 1940 and 1980, it published 646 titles, in 63 series, on topics that ranged from British history to fairytales and how to make a transistor radio. Johnson, Lorraine; Alderson, Brian (2014). The Ladybird Story: children's books for everyone. London: British Library. p.13. ISBN 978-0-7123-5728-9. Gani, Aisha (12 October 2015). "Ladybird books introduce Peter and Jane to hipsters and hangovers". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 December 2015. Skelton, C. (1997). Revisiting gender issues in reading schemes. Education 3-13, 25(1), 37–43. Chicago

This is short book that investigates the need for and execution of work-placed meetings in an easy to understand manner. The text is kept simple and lively whilst the messages it delivers hit home hard with laser-focused precision. Another reason for their success and enduring popularity is the distinctive font and style of illustration.I think these Ladybirds will only appeal to those who want to indulge and gently prod fond childhood memories, and I doubt many would want to read more than a handful. I think two is my limit. The titles and concept are more fun than the content (except for some of the small print). The exception is A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump (my review HERE). In this coffee-table book you don't have to, with never before seen covers, excerpts and paraphernalia from the archives, colourfully presented and helpfully divided into the following chapters: Ladybird Books is a London-based publishing company, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the Penguin Group of companies. The Ladybird imprint publishes mass-market children's books. At a minimum, this book should be on the desk of every chief executive or senior manager of every business in the world. It’s possibly one of the greatest books ever written about business, delving into the complex dynamics of meetings in the workplace, including individual and group psychology, the influence on productivity and how meetings effect the bottom line. Wives need wine and chocolate to cope with husbands and children. Well, I don’t like chocolate, and I prefer gin to wine, but wine will do. And friends (yes!) and shopping (not so much).

Hints about sex are even vaguer and more euphemistic in this than The Husband. And not sufficient to raise a smile.Got some time on your hands? Then why not make yourself a cup of tea, grab a biscuit and settle down in your favourite armchair to read this unputdownable guide to The Quiet Night In . . .