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Posts treating: "Robinson Crusoe"

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Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Lost World (Ladybird)

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2015-07-05 16:45:00]

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Jurassic; GB,

Ladybird books are a firm favourite of mine, since (like many other Brits) I have very fond memories of learning to read with them as a child - not just those bought for me at the time, but also hand-me-downs, which were all the more special. Their factual dinosaur book remains a favourite - laughably outdated these days, but still beautifully illustrated by LITC stalwart Bernard Robinson. Ladybird also published simplified versions of classic tales; as a child, I had their version of Robinson [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: Ladybird Dinosaurs

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2011-10-03 21:42:00]

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Permian

If you've never owned a Ladybird book, then you didn't have a childhood. I'm serious - your childhood memories were probably implanted, and you are in fact the product of a sinister government/corporate experiment a la Deus Ex. Ladybird published a huge range of hardback, conveniently kiddy-sized books, both fictional and factual - everything from simplified versions of Robinson Crusoe to simplified accounts of prehistoric animals. Which'll be what this here book is all about.Dating from 1988, [...]