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Summary: Baaa
Review: "Baaa" is in my opinion a great book on evolution. In a practical way it shows what can happen to a society, from one spec of curiosity to the death of an overgrown population. Like all other Macaulay books this is a well illistrated, plausable, story.
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Summary: Baaa
Review: "Baaa" is in my opinion a great book on evolution. In a practical way it shows what can happen to a society, from one spec of curiosity to the death of an overgrown population. Like all other Macaulay books this is a well illistrated, plausable, story.
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Summary: Soylent Green for children
Review: "Baaa" is the story of an overpopulated world of sheep facing a food shortage. Each time the sheep riot, many are killed and a mystrious food called "Baaa" becomes available.Twisted in a fun way.
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Summary: Soylent Green for children
Review: "Baaa" is the story of an overpopulated world of sheep facing a food shortage. Each time the sheep riot, many are killed and a mystrious food called "Baaa" becomes available. Twisted in a fun way.
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Summary: Love it.
Review: A friend handed this book to me, and I was enthralled from the time I read the title, simply embossed on a black background. I couldn't stop myself, and this little marvel sent me reeling with its fanciful telling of a theme that was immediately familiar. This book should be read like a Suess book-- with eyes full of childlike wonder! Be aware of the allegory, but appreciate the fairy tale per se. And if you ask me, this telling is much more effective than the last incarnation I saw. Sheep are much more pleasing than Charlton Heston.
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Summary: Aesthetic Masterpiece!
Review: A friend handed this book to me, and I was enthralled from the time I read the title, simply embossed on a black background. I couldn't stop myself, and this little marvel sent me reeling with its fanciful telling of a theme that was immediately familiar. This book should be read like a Suess book-- with eyes full of childlike wonder! Be aware of the allegory, but appreciate the fairy tale per se. And if you ask me, this telling is much more effective than the last incarnation I saw. Sheep are much more pleasing than Charlton Heston.
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Summary: Its made of People! Peeeeeeople!
Review: Baaa has to be the most disturbing "children's" book in the world. Starting with the complete disappearance of the humans, to the meat of the book (sorry, pun) with the sheep, to the last paragraph on the last page (the fish bit is beyond brilliant) this book doesn't stop with the foreboding visuals and narrative. I love the woodcut-style illustrations, and the story still gives me the creeps just thinking about it. I have to recommend it highly.
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Summary: Its made of People! Peeeeeeople!
Review: Baaa has to be the most disturbing "children's" book in the world. Starting with the complete disappearance of the humans, to the meat of the book (sorry, pun) with the sheep, to the last paragraph on the last page (the fish bit is beyond brilliant) this book doesn't stop with the foreboding visuals and narrative. I love the woodcut-style illustrations, and the story still gives me the creeps just thinking about it. I have to recommend it highly.
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Summary: A vivid portrayal of humanity, in sheep's clothing
Review: Baaa is probably the most twisted picture book I have read in quite a long time. Beware, unsuspecting reader! It will be a while before the startling images in this book fade from your mind. There is a point--and everyone who has read it knows exactly what point that is--when you will just step back and stare at the book with a mixture of fascination and revulsion. Baaa continues Macaulay's unique brand of picture book writing, by existing on two levels: the surface level of a slightly revolting but thoroughly enjoyable children's story, and the deeper level, filled with implications about our society and an ominous foreboding about the future. Macaulay's images are more vivid than any Parson Malthus clone, and more startling than any table of statistics. Baaa gets my resounding reccomendation.
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Summary: A vivid portrayal of humanity, in sheep's clothing
Review: Baaa is probably the most twisted picture book I have read in quite a long time. Beware, unsuspecting reader! It will be a while before the startling images in this book fade from your mind. There is a point--and everyone who has read it knows exactly what point that is--when you will just step back and stare at the book with a mixture of fascination and revulsion. Baaa continues Macaulay's unique brand of picture book writing, by existing on two levels: the surface level of a slightly revolting but thoroughly enjoyable children's story, and the deeper level, filled with implications about our society and an ominous foreboding about the future. Macaulay's images are more vivid than any Parson Malthus clone, and more startling than any table of statistics. Baaa gets my resounding reccomendation.
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