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Mixed Animals: Are Unique Just Like You
Paperback
Series: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books for Adults)
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Your mom and dad came from different breeds. These animals will help make it easier to understand what that means, how it works, and why the result is something that doesn't fit neatly into any single category but is, as the title asserts, unique. The mixed animals in this book are various combinations of animals that don't typically combine. They exist. They are illustrated. They are unique in the specific way that all mixed things are unique, which is both self-evidently true and the source of every joke and observation the book is going to make across its illustrated pages.
This adult parody book addresses mixed-race identity through the lens of cartoon hybrid animals with the cheerful earnestness of a children's book about diversity that has decided to be more honest about the experience of being a hybrid in a world of categories. The animals are funny. The underlying subject is real. The gap between the cartoon animals and the actual conversation being had is where the book lives, and the book is comfortable there, making jokes that are also observations and observations that land like jokes.
This Book IS For:- Mixed-race adults who have been on the receiving end of the what are you? conversation and need something to laugh about
- People who appreciate humor that addresses real identity experiences through the protective medium of cartoon hybrid animals
- Fans of comedy that is also actually about something, even when it's being delivered via a cat-dog illustration
- Gift-givers who want to give something specific and recognizable to someone whose experience with mixed identity they understand
- People who believe mixed-race identity is too serious to be addressed through illustrated animal humor regardless of the target audience's preferences
- Anyone who wants a straightforward diversity book with clear moral takeaways and no cartoon animals doing things
- Readers who need their hybrid animal characters to resolve neatly into accepted categories by the end
- Anyone not equipped to engage with this subject matter through comedy without making the comedy feel like the problem
- Gifts for mixed-race friends who have specifically told you they find this kind of humor cathartic and correct
- White elephant exchanges in diverse groups where the recognition will be immediate and the appreciation widespread
- Anyone whose family photo has a what are you? energy from strangers and has made peace with finding it funny
- Occasions where you want to give something that is both funny and specific to someone's actual experience
Most books about diversity cost more than this and approach their subject with an earnestness that is well-intentioned but can feel like homework. This book approaches its subject with cartoon hybrid animals and the specific humor of someone who has had the conversations that mixed identity generates and decided to process those conversations in illustrated parody form. That is a different and arguably more useful kind of diversity content.
You are unique. The mixed animals are unique. The unicorn-labrador is unique. None of them asked to be categorized and all of them are dealing with it in their own way, which this book documents with cartoon art and the humor of recognition. Buy it for someone who will know immediately that you picked it specifically for them. That knowledge is the real gift. The cartoon hybrid animals are a bonus.
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