Press
Coverage
- "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... this golden age of retro reading Ladybird has a future"
Daily Express - 18/06/07 - "This celebration of vintage Ladybirds will have you tripping down memory lane"
The Bookseller - 06/07/07 - "A gorgeous production - full colour, amusing commentary and so many familiar images decorating the pages... There must be thousands of us happy to shell out 20 quid to make this one of the top titles this Christmas"
Publishing News - 27/07/07 - "A return to Ladybird land, where boys and girls knew their place"
The Independent - 04/08/2007 - "Middle-class nostalgia, suddenly it's everywhere... Boys and Girls... for people who remember when myspace was a den in your back garden built with bedsheets and runner-bean canes"
Guardian Saturday Review and Guardian Online - 04/08/07 - 'Going Up' column
Sunday Times, Style Magazine - 26/08/07 - "Boys and Girls, the ultimate childhood nostalgia round-up"
Vogue, Style section - 01/09/07 - "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."
Guardian Online, Julia Eccleshare Blog - 03/09/07 - "I only have to look at the cover of a Ladybird book and I'm swept right back in time. The perfect Christmas afternoon nostalgia book."
trashionista.com blog - 06/12/07 - "Boys and Girls is absolutely dripping with nostalgia. A great present for the children of the late 60's and early 70's. Kids today, busy with their PlayStations and Nintendo wii's....they don't know they've been born!"
Charlie Says... Blog - 17/12/07