The Diane runs on a 1kW motor, can run most Android apps, and will probably not run off with Rocco's brother. Ladybird I'm Ready 8 Books Collection Set is a set of Ladybird books for children aged 5 to 7 years is a comprehensive set of workbooks packed to the brim with activities that will ensure cognitive and sensory development of your child. They also smell like a bobblehat full of corned beef that has been left on the parcel shelf of a locked car for a fortnight. The book drew a threat of legal action from Penguin Group for breach of copyright, and some changes were made to the names of characters and logos, so it could be published as a parody.

Another 'How it works' book, 'The Cat', manages to capture the essence of having a feline all while using a photo from the 1960s of a little girl in a blue pinafore playing with her tabby kitten. or tackle the mid-life crisis then look no further than the new books in Ladybird’s smash-hit spoof series! These amusing books for adults by Ladybird (with retro style covers) are receiving rave reviews and are a very popular gift choice. The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse – a nugget of wisdom from bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.View image in fullscreen An original Ladybird book cover from Play with us, and a page from its modern-day spoof.

The Book of Red Tape will no doubt resonate with those who frequently struggle with some of the complexities of modern life. It has been a fabulously buoyant bubble but how long can it last, and what impact is it having on the one of the most venerable brands in children’s publishing? Ellie Taylor opens up about going back to work after eight weeks of maternity leave: 'Feeling very grateful. They are baby-sitters, weather forecasters, mother’s helpers, sweet collectors, child-minders, knitwear suppliers, au-pairs, curators of G-Plan furniture and providers of day-care for the under twelves. The task has fallen to Jim Al-Khalili, a professor of theoretical physics at Surrey University and leading TV pundit, who readily admits: “Readers of the book will most certainly not come away understanding quantum mechanics – even I am confused by it and I have dedicated the past 30 years of my life to the subject – but they will at least know why it’s confusing and will have some great dinner-party facts to sound clever with.McNally and Murray (1968) claimed that while the average adult had a speaking vocabulary of about 20,000 words, an extremely large proportion of the language which people produced, and read, was made up of just 250 words.