Four and a half stars for a very droll picture book, with child-friendly verse portraying how the whole world is going to hell in a handcart, and in a multitude of ways. Proof, if proof were needed, that there's no better comedy than black, and that there needs to be more apocalypse in bedtime reading!

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Another fantastically illustrated short book listing an alphabetical series of apocalyptic happenings, events or disasters as a bedtime story, that's definitely not for young children! I adored the illustrations even if they are a bit gory. I also loved the almost poem like writing which plays out each apocalyptic scene from zombies, viruses and bugs to Trump, ISIS (very current) and of course, asteroids.

An amusing parody of A to Z picture books - this is really a book for adults or older kids rather than actual picture-book-aged children, but, as an adult, I thought it was hilarious.

Upon seeing this book I immediately knew I wanted to read it. Who can resist gallows humour at the end of the world as we know it? I realise that sounds grim (or slightly disturbed), but this book promised the required level of amusement to see us through the times where we could all find ourselves doomed.

Firstly, the illustrations are fabulous and perfectly depict a catastrophe that corresponds with each letter of the alphabet. The graphics are accompanied by jaunty prose summing up varying degrees of apocalypse from melting ice caps to nuclear oblivion, all of which result in our demise.

And yet, while I could appreciate the first few rhymes the dark wit quickly turned a bit guilt-trippy. The further I read I felt, well, a little awkward if I'm honest, which was a shame because I thought this was a brilliant concept.

Sorry guys, this one didn't quite work out for me. But as we're all different I'm sure it will appeal to many, many others.

Review: A is For Asteroid, Z is for Zombie

This is not a children's book. {Shudder} If it doesn't give you nightmares and worries, you must be more jaded than I. This delightfully illustrated (in a horrifying fashion, reminiscent of the late, much-lamented, Charles Addams) compendium of eschatological woes is presented as a rhyming bedtime book read by a devoted father to his frightened son, who has been told about asteroid impact. By the time the father finishes, he and the reader are spine-chilled. Who knew the end of the world is possible in so many variants?

Quick book in the format of a children's book, but not meant for children! A way to laugh at the threats facing our society, but also a reminder to do something about them.