Product Description

Were your school dinners liver and onions rather than turkey twizzlers?Was MySpace a den in the back garden built with runner bean canes and bed sheets?And did you want to be a nurse, a train driver, an astronaut or anything other an a celebrity when you grew up? Congratulations! You are a product of the Ladybird generation! This autumn, Ladybird will take you on a trip down memory lane with the publication of Boys and Girls, the ultimate nostalgia book. Lavishly illustrated with iconic images from the Ladybird Books archive dating back to the 1950s, this stylish book will present you with an evocative glimpse into an era free from Playstations and Youtube. It will take you back to your childhood faster than you can say British Bulldog!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31231 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
Daily Express -- 18th June Boys and Girls is a warm and affectionate look at a collection of books that, in addition to teaching most of us to read, inspired many of us with lifelong passions. It seems in this golden age of retro reading Ladybird has a future' Publishing News -- 27th July - Top Title for Humour and Gift books A gorgeous production number this, full colour, amusing commentary and so many familiar images decorating the pages. There must be thousands of us...all happy to shell out 20 quid to make this one of the top titles this Christmas The Bookseller -- 3rd August 2007 Autumn for Nostalgia The book promises to recall and age when school dinners included liver and onions instead if turkey twizzlers, holidays included caravans and a bucket and spade, and craft sessions involving sticky backed plastic were ubiquitous. It will be supported by a range of vintage Ladybird-branded-merchandise, including cards, stationary and even deck chairs. Sunday Times, Style Magazine -- 26th August Featured in 'Going Up' column on Style Barometer Guardian Online-- 3rd September Boys and Girls: A Ladybird Book of Childhood. Full of familiar images from 60 years of Ladybird books, it reflects the astonishing worldwide influence of Ladybird on young children's minds, activities and literacy skills

Guardian Online, Julia Eccelshare blog, 3 September 2007
"Even an old curmudgeon like me can appreciate the deep swell of nostalgia that Ladybird will create with the publication of Boys and Girls: A Ladybird Book of Childhood... it reflects the astonishing worldwide influence of Ladybird on young children's minds, activities and literacy skills."

Vogue, Style section, September 2007
"the ultimate childhood nostalgia round-up"

Customer Reviews

STEP BACK IN TIME
There is no doubting that nostalgia is now big business. The latest fad is to be whisked back in time to your childhood - and if this book doesn't send you back to those halcyon days in primary school in the late 60s and early to mid 70s then nothing will. Back to an era where Playstations were unheard of and golden memories of times tables, the nature table, Christmas, Bonfire Night as well as that old stalwart Tootles the Taxi - they're all here. Flick through the pages and see how many times YOU say "Oh - I remember THAT!"
A gem to be treasured.

Ladybird, Ladybird, fly off the shelves
This is a magnificent book. As the book says, everyone has a favourite Ladybird. Chances are it will get a mention in this publication, along with ones you read as a child but will have all but forgotten. Gorgeous illustrations (enlarged from the originals)and quotes from the texts in their original typeface, plus additional comments in non-Ladybird typeface that will bring memories of the times flooding back. My friends' faces light up with happy recognition when I pass this book to them, my husband and I compete to read it, and my little three year old is entranced by it. Even my father can remember the books from when he used to read them to me at bedtime, and we sat around the table today reminiscing over the pictures about the good old days (but were they as good as the illustrations make out?) Such fun. A brilliant present for anyone who read the books as a child, particularly for us 30-50 year olds who might be considered as difficult to buy for. Well done Ladybird, this is a winner. Let's have some fascimile editions of the original Ladybird books soon, please.

This is the best book EVER
This is so nostalgic - it brings tears to your eyes. Talk about reliving every moment of your childhood. A great way to show your children how it really was. Everybody has to buy this book. You will be reading it all Xmas day. Absolutely brilliant !!