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ABC of Childhood

Steven Appleby author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th Mar '05

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

ABC of Childhood cover

Perfect gift for Mothers' Day Gorgeous new miniature format

An alphabetical handbook for parents everywhere, from the comic-cartoonist genius.A is for ANTICIPATION, B is for BABY and C is for CATATONIC STATE soon to befall the exhausted parents. Whether you want to remember what it was like to be a child, or are trying to forget the experience of being a parent, you'll find the full wonder of childhood laid out within these pages. Relive the sleepless nights spent with a screaming one-year-old ...dwell again on those battles of will at the dinner table, and rediscover the psychological trauma of potty training! For anyone who was once a child, a parent, or is planning to be either, this book is for you.

Appleby is probably the best comic illustrator in Britain. Time Out No one is more talented and original. Richard Ingrams, Spectator

ISBN: 9780747576044

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

96 pages

UK ed.