This will be a worrying thought for most of us Brits aged between 30 and 45 (and a good many younger) who will remember Peter and Jane as childhood aquaintances who where charged with the task of teaching us to read. of our deliveries are made by Royal Mail as we think they give the best service and cover all areas of the UK. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.

The reader can consolidate their learning with books 1b, or practise writing in book 1c, all with the same vocabulary; or progress to book 2a (and 2b and 2c), and so on, with 12 sets of three books in all. They were very much from 'the world has been shaped by these really key important British adventurers and explorers and kings and queens and prime ministers etc', and it's fair to say that if you only learnt your history through Ladybird books you had a very British view of the world that pretty much said that Britain had shaped it.If you are looking for spoof Ladybird books, rather than the real thing, skip right to the bottom of this page. In some Asian countries, particularly those which are also part of the British Commonwealth, the books are still widely used as a teaching aid in nurseries, preschools and kindergartens. But what would they have made of these scenes painted just a few short years later in the early 70s equivalent pictures?

Children who know lots of words by sight can be taught phonics with those - by having their attention drawn to their sounds and how they are spelt.I’m sure they would have shared an understanding of the importance of gender roles and a good bed-time routine. It is hard to imagine the Mummy and Daddy of the mid-60s artwork on even speaking terms with their 70s equivalents.