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“Marvellously absurd story containing legions of original language.”
Order now! Stay back! You don’t want to miss this! Any sign Stan’s father sees, he takes literally. And it’s starting to become a problem: he can’t stop ordering products online, and he stands so far from the till at the supermarket that he never gets served. Something’s got to give. Stan comes up with an ingenious solution.
Stan’s father has a case of ‘imperatyphus’: he’s fallen victim to a flood of compelling slogans and instructions. He’s lost his job because of it. Stan’s mother can’t take it anymore and moves out.
Stan thinks his dad needs an ad blocker for the real world. He explores the problem as part of a school project, setting up an initiative with a classmate to bring down the number of ads on the high street and get rid of marketing lies. The initiative exceeds all expectations as it soon becomes clear that everyone is suffering from cognitive overload.
Marc ter Horst exposes the amount of marketing we’re exposed to and what happens when you take everything literally. The book critiques modern marketing as much as it explores language. Dit wil je lezen! is a topical children’s book about fake news, advertising and the consequences of information overload.
an entertaining, language-focused book full of interesting facts
informational fiction about the world of advertising, fake news and marketing strategies
Marc ter Horst demystifies a complex topic for young readers
Since his first children’s book in 2015, Marc ter Horst has written about scientific subjects, becoming well known for his books about the environment, such as Scheten uit de schoorsteen (2022, 5+).