Baaa

By David Macaulay

After the last person has gone from the earth, sheep take over the world, make the same mistakes as humans, and eventually disappear as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Sep 30, 1985
• ISBN: 9780547346762

David Macaulay

David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given “to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.

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[nialle-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Okay, yes, it's clear that there are some elements taken from the larger body of apocalyptic fable, but I dare you to get to the line about mint sauce without falling in love with this Gorey-Orwelly tale.Then stop and think a minute: all this fiction, especially in graphic novel format, coming out now and talking about human beings reclaiming cities after massive disasters: some of it discusses shortages and the repercussions of shortages, but who else is talking about the dangers of rapid *growth*? We're all still operating under this idea that a reduced population would re-learn civilization, but it's as naive as thinking Tarzan could learn to be Lord Greystoke. We are consumers. Everything we can invent, we make and consume. Exactly what would stop us from using everything up after a disaster - all the food, all the clothes, all the manufactured goods, each other, the stockpiled missiles, all of it?Again, who calculates the economic effects of can-do fantasy worlds? I asked the question about steampunk, and I asked it about The Walking Dead, and I ask it again now. Who pays when the present surfeit runs low, and how much will people use, and who gets to decide which people get to use what? Do you trust anyone, anyone in the world, to negotiate these things with you?

[abruser_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

"Baaa" by David Macaulay is about sheep that take over the world after the last person is gone. The sh3eep eventually fall into the same patterns that humans previous to them did. It is an intersting and powerful children's book.

[jill5barrington · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A flock of sheep move into an abandoned town and begin to act like humans. Social commentary is achieved throughout the progression of the book.The book would be a great example of social commentary for older elementary students and would compliment the discussion of George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM.

[pollycrandall · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

kind of scary in a sickening sort of way. Not for the faint of heart. Macaulay's line drawings, however are terrific. The cute pictures at the beginning belie the heavy story and scary ending.

[tripleblessings_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A black satire with a powerful message. After the last person has gone from the earth, sheep take over the world, make the same mistakes as man, until they too disappear. There is a Jonathan-Swift style solution to overpopulation and hunger, which hastens the sheep's downfall. The cartoon drawings are amusing, but the ending is a bleak warning to conserve our scarce resources, choose sustainable development, save the environment etc. Might be good for high school students studying global economics and the environment.