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[READ: January 9, 2021] The Panda, The Cat and the Dreadful Teddy
This book is subtitled “A Parody” but it does not say what it is a parody of. And I genuinely had no idea. I guessed maybe Winnie-the Pooh. But I was wrong. According to the reviewers it is a parody of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox & The Horse, by Margerie Swash and artist Emmanuel Santos, which I have never heard of. Apparently it’s a book of positivity.
This book is a book of negativity. The handwriting is really hard to read and the drawings are really crude (intentionally). And then every other page shows Panda picking on the Dreadful Teddy, who is ever the optimist.
There’s few words per page like Panda seeing Teddy and saying “That’s the little arsehole I’m trying to avoid.” And, “oh shit, it’s that awful Teddy.”
Then there’s the Cat who is kind of a mediator: “I find that Teddy is full of tolerance and empathy” Panda replies, “I find he’s full of shit.” (more…)
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