My First Dictionary: Corrupting Young Minds One Word at a Time

by Ross Horsley

Blogger and librarian Ross Horsley delivers a wickedly satirical children’s dictionary for today’s warped bibliophile, comprised of sunny illustrations from a real 1940s kids’ book paired with irreverent—and often twisted—definitions. At once cute and darkly funny, Horsley’s My First Dictionary is perfect for fans of The Book of Bunny Suicides, Grandma’s Dead, The Three Martini Playdate, Cyanide & Happiness and Little Billy’s Letters—and will fast-track your inner child to becoming the corrupted youth you’ve always hoped for.

Genres: Humor

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2011

Reviews

[Angela Bouchard]

Lolol loved it.

[Finn]

Interesting and disturbing!

[Pinky]

Kind of disgusted with myself for reading this. It's clever - I'll give you that, but I felt really gross reading it (from cover to cover - could not put it down). Horribly perverse dictionary of sorts illustrated with Dick and Jane-like scenarios. Book is actually very well executed. Like I said, mostly disgusted with myself.

[Kathryn]

super quick read...read it on my lunch break and i laughed the entire time

[Danielle]

This had all of us at work peeing our pants

[Eliscia]

Hilarious grown-up alphabet book. Would make a great gift for an "Oops! We're having a baby" shower.

[Peacegal]

This is not a book for children...or anyone with a positive outlook on life. Hilariously, it was written by a librarian...and yet this somehow doesn't surprise me.

[Hester]

Meh.

[James]

The darkest humour from a depraved mind. I LOLed, I gasped, I worried about the author.