Crappy Children's Art
By Maddox
2.5/5
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About this ebook
Previously published as I Am Better Than Your Kids.
If you think children are precious little snowflakes who are perfect in every way, think again. If you cherish every piece of art, every book report, every letter to Santa your child gives you, then this book is not for you. If your refrigerator is adorned with mementos from your kid’s childhood, then you are a sucker.
Maddox, who has been writing hilarious essays for his popular site, TheBestPageInTheUniverse.com since 1996, can spell, do math, and run faster than your kids—and, he is here to show you just how inferior your kids are. Marvel as Maddox deconstructs an eight-year-old’s crayon-drawn family portrait! Laugh uproariously as he judges sub-par Valentines, homemade “gifts,” and other areas of elementary-aged underperformance!
Why reward weakness and mediocrity with gold stars? You are in Maddox’s world now, and no child is safe from the scrutiny and critical gaze of the world’s foremost authority on children’s crappy artwork.
Maddox
Maddox has been writing hilarious essays for his website, TheBestPageIntheUniverse.com, since 1997. Through word-of-mouth alone, it has become one of the most popular personal sites on the Internet. In 2006, he published his first book, The Alphabet of Manliness, a New York Times bestseller, followed by Crappy Children's Artwork based on his wildly popular article that has been viewed more than 20 million times. Maddox has also published a comic book based on his site, and he has a YouTube channel called “The Best Show in the Universe,” featuring clips viewed by more than 40 million fans.
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24 ratings9 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oh for goodness sake - it's not serious!! Didn't expect this to make me laugh so much actually - it's one of those books that creeps up on you. I started flicking through the book half heartedly and then found myself chuckling and outright snorting at some of the pages - give it a go, don't let the humourless judgey people put you off this little gem.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I don't get what the hate for this book is about... Those who gave this one star are clearly retards or woke or gay. Enjoy this book for the fun it actually is!
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Horrendous drivel. Not in anyway even mildly amusing. Only a deeply unhappy troubled person could produce this 'writing'. Mean to the core.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I HATE THIS BOOK (I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A ZERO, BUT THERE IS NOT THAT OPTION, SO I CANNOT.)
I went into the book thinking it will be a fun read, but no, it makes me feel so ANGRY.
I agreed with the writer in the introduction, though skeptical, but still, it makes sense, it's of little use giving children unnecessary compliment, but that doesn't mean that the writer can make up excuses to depreciate children's work, while, at the same time, bragging about his own work (which I don't think they are particularly stunning).
For example, in the first chapter, which is about 'dream cars', when a child put the bathrooms, bedrooms, living rooms and garden within her car, the writer argues about 'the space' that the car occupies and 'the energy consumption'; while himself drew a monstrous car in the end of the chapter and gave himself an A. I really doubt that latter's practicality, and 'energy consumption', but there's OK, because it is a 'DREAM car'. If the writer doesn't buys into children's imagination and creativity, maybe he should reevaluate the topic he gave.
And the other thing that I HATE is that I lose count of how many foul languages in this book and how many 'stupid' in his comment. These are destructive comments and I don't think any teachers will agree with them, though it is stated in the introduction that many teachers have the same feeling as the writer (i dare them to read those comments to their students).
BUT MAYBE i get these all wrong, this supposed to be just FUN. I hope the writer didn't feel his comments, I hope he wrote them just for the sake of some adult can laugh it off. Because if not, the writer is super childish.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Asshole is the only thing that comes to mind. This guy obviously doesn't have kids and never should. What a bully! This guy should get a life. Do not waste your time on this attention seeking loser. Where can I label this offensive and inappropriate?! I flipped through a few pages and was enough to make me furious!
Zero stars1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This shouldn't exist.
I feel like I shouldn't even have to explain why. I love humor and a little snark. But this actually just isn't funny. It's just negative. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5What the heck...
How WAS THIS HUMOROUS!?!??? I'm good at drawing, but when I see other kids art, I don't call them out for having BAD art, because in some perspectives, I'm "bad" at drawing. I also LOVE how he's critiquing small children's art. In some spaces, some of the kids were very talented, and he's just tearing them down, making them feel less. HOW DID SCRIBE PICK THIS AND NOT THINK THIS WAS OFFENSIVE?!??!?! Here is my ultimatum;I swear if I see another book like this again... I'M DELETING THIS APP, AND I'M PUTTING A BAD REVIEW FOR SCRIBD AS WELL!!! - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The author is a turd who hates children. Not funny, not clever. F-
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Crappy Children's Art is grammatically incorrect. it means that the children are crappy. The title should be Children's Crappy Art - to make such an error in the title is disgusting!