# The do-gooder gets the Ladybird Book treatment for Comic Relief

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/01/gooder-gets-ladybird-book-treatment-comic-relief/
- Published: 2017-03-01T08:30:22+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The fundraising public are getting the Ladybird Books for Grown-ups treatment 
this Comic Relief, with the publication of _The Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder_.**

_The_ _Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder_ is ‘an affectionate poke at the lengths the
fundraising public will go to for charity’, and has been created exclusively for
[Comic Relief](http://www.comicrelief.com/), with at least £2 from every sale of
the £6.99 book going to the charity.

In it, authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris look at the public’s never ending will
to raise money for charity, featuring everything from sponsored breakfasts, sponsored
school runs, sponsored commutes, sponsored dinners and sponsored sleeping, to an
underwater swim from Land’s End to John O’Groats, and half sky-dives.

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The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder

They said:

> “Richard Curtis asked us if we’d do a book for Red Nose Day, and he didn’t even
> get to the end of his question before we were yelling yes. In the long tradition
> of Comic Relief, the book contains celebrity cameos and plenty of arsing about.
> The cover is the only Ladybird Book For Grown-Ups we’ve done that features altered
> artwork: but we’ve kept it close to home – so the Red Noses on the runners on 
> the cover are in fact Peter’s football, from the Peter & Jane books, shrunk down
> very small.”

The book was published by Penguin on 23^(rd) February.

Miranda has also written a book for Comic Relief. [_Miranda’s Daily Dose of Such Fun!_](http://www.thebookseller.com/news/miranda-publish-daily-guide-fun-comic-relief-hodder-478221)(
Hodder & Stoughton) will be published on 9th March and is described as ‘a collection
of 365 achievable “joy-filled tasks” to make life more engaging, caring and fun’.

A percentage of sales from the new edition of J K Rowling’s _Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them_ (Bloomsbury), as well as Hogwarts Library Books: _Quidditch 
through the Ages_, will also be donated to Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day.

## More charity titles?

> Some amusing putative other book titles to join the Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder(
> in aid of Comic Relief). [pic.twitter.com/alZ0rV7sic](https://t.co/alZ0rV7sic)
> — Howard Lake (@howardlake) [March 6, 2017](https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/838816121138589698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 * **Buy [The Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/the-ladybird-book-of-the-do-gooder/)
   from the UK Fundraising Bookshop.**

## Comments

### By: HowardLake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/01/gooder-gets-ladybird-book-treatment-comic-relief/#comment-2880
- Published: 2017-03-06T18:49:00+00:00

[https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/838816121138589698](https://twitter.com/howardlake/status/838816121138589698)

### By: HowardLake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/01/gooder-gets-ladybird-book-treatment-comic-relief/#comment-2881
- Published: 2017-03-13T17:41:00+00:00

Here’s another new Ladybird book, although this one is serious and not generating
income for a charity.
 Climate Change by HRH The Prince of Wales, environmentalist
Tony Juniper and climate scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/301516/climate-change-a-ladybird-expert-book/9780718185855/](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/301516/climate-change-a-ladybird-expert-book/9780718185855/)
It features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style 
for nearly forty years. The Royal Meteorological Society conducted a peer review
of this publication in accordance with usual procedures for academic publication.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtkhXUzhro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtkhXUzhro)