- Hardcover: 30 pages
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf (Mar 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679883584
- ISBN-13: 978-0679883586
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 24.9 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #74 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > C > Cole, Babette
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The ageing process and death are difficult subjects for children to deal with. However, as she has with several other books, Babette Cole manages to overcome taboos and give the whole ageing process her typically zany treatment. From learning to dribble, burping and potty training, through the trials and tribulations of the teenage years and first love, to marriage and parenthood, the 80-year-old bald, wrinkly narrators take the reader through the complete story of their life. Babette Cole combines spare text with wickedly funny illustrations to create a unique approach to the process of growing old. This is a perfect book for children and grandparents to share and makes a serious issue accessible to all ages. --Philippa Reece
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Babette Cole, whose work has been hailed by Parents magazine as "outrageously zany," turns ageism on its ear in this hilariously fresh look at the human life cycle. Two thoroughly modern grandparents tell their life stories to their skeptical grandchildren, and along the way debunk the myth that kids have a monopoly on fun and living dangerously. From childhood on through teenage angst and college dares, to young love and parenthood, these spunky octogenarians have seen and done it all. And they're not afraid of what the future holds. Blithely suggesting the possibility of reincarnation, they joke "we might be recycled as anything at all!" Cole combines a spare text with wickedly funny illustrations to create an utterly novel approach to the process of growing up and growing old. An ideal book for kids and grandparents to share. Drop dead, indeed!
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Format:Paperback
While the ending (reincarnation? recycling?) is a bit odd, the lead up, the life and trials of the aging grandparents and the acceptance that 'one day we will just drop down dead' makes it a practical and simple book for children.
Children are actually less afraid than adults in most cases and a simple explanation is usually all they need - this is perfect. Of course it doesn't tackle death through illness or accident or at a young age so it wouldn't be appropriate in all cases - but it's a great starting point and as I said, very funny.
Children are actually less afraid than adults in most cases and a simple explanation is usually all they need - this is perfect. Of course it doesn't tackle death through illness or accident or at a young age so it wouldn't be appropriate in all cases - but it's a great starting point and as I said, very funny.
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
was quick well packed and in the condition i expected it . thx a lot.
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Amazon.com:
3 reviews
Lame humor, sketchy illustrations & inappropriate theme
30 Nov 2004
Format:Hardcover
pretty inappropriate - it goes through all the things the grandparents did in their day
like smoking and dating and drugs, and that's subject matter suitable for teenagers not kids 5+ like this book is aimed at, and ends with "one day we'll just drop dead, like everybody else".
some people might find it hip and cool way of raising children, but I find it simply inappropriate.
like smoking and dating and drugs, and that's subject matter suitable for teenagers not kids 5+ like this book is aimed at, and ends with "one day we'll just drop dead, like everybody else".
some people might find it hip and cool way of raising children, but I find it simply inappropriate.
Wouldn't be dead for quids!
22 Aug 2001
Format:Hardcover
The kids ask their grandparents "Why are you such bald old wrinklies?" The grandparents explain that they weren't always old wrinklies - that they started out as baby wrinklies, and since then they have lead exciting lives on their way to becoming old. This book helps kids realise that old people were young people once too, without being preachy about it .
Jono reviews "Drop Dead"
20 Sep 2000
Format:Hardcover
Drop Dead reveals the life story of 2 grandparents in a comical & humerous way. Using limited text; but wonderfully colourful and detailed illustations, their life story begins their Grandchildren asking why their Granparents are so bald and wrinkly, the Grandparents reveal, with much humour their developments through all of lifes stages. This book teaches ytoung children about life in a very truthful and humerous fashion. It can be enjoyed by all members of the family and is an excellent point for didcussion
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