I have to OWN this book! This is not your typical picture books. This one is for adults. There are some like me who might give it to kids of a certain age, but I am sure I am among the few. It’s an adult picture book in the vein of “Go the F**k to Sleep”. The rhymes are perfect, the illustrations creepy match. I see this being given to quite a few of my family members for Christmas.

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Oh, my god. I loved this! A is for Asteroids, Z is for Zombies is absolutely hilarious. By the end of it I was in stitches. (Somewhat disgusted stitches, but stitches nonetheless.) Paul Lewis and Kenneth Kit Lamug have very twisted minds, and it shows through in this delightful picture book. There is every sort of end you could imagine mentioned in this book, including one about a certain little orange man that made me goggle and then giggle. I have to assume if he ever found out it existed, he'd go on an "Off with their heads!" rampage.

Wonderfully illustrated in primarily black, white, and red, A is for Asteroids, Z is for Zombies isn't for the squeamish either. There's guts and blood and all sorts of not very nice things on display. My favorite part, though, might just be the little illustrations in the lower corner of the pages showing the dad's reactions to what he is reading. That made the whole thing even funnier.

Folks, this is definitely not a kid's book. (At least not a *little* kids book.) Middle Grade+ might be okay with it, but even then it depends on the kid.

Kudos to the author and illustrator for creating a fantastic little picture book that every adult with a dark sense of humor should definitely pick up!

As others have said, this is definitely not a kids book. One thing it is: hilarious. I loved the picture of the father's face in the bottom left as he read the story and the myriad of doomsday scenarios it contains. I would recommend it to anyone with a few minutes of free time and a dark sense of humor.

Instead of a good night story, a kid asks his dad about asteroids destroying the planet. Dad remembers a book a crazy relative gave them and checks it out before reading it aloud, a thoroughly smart move.
Though it masquerades as a children’s book, don’t you fall for it either. The looks the dad gives as he reads are priceless. Then, thoroughly scared, he hides in the most ironic place.
This author could teach a class on rhyming, especially with how badly it’s done in today’s music. Every letter gets a stanza, except Z, because zombies are so bad they need seven.
You need a particular brand of humor to enjoy this; I sure did.

Just because this is a colourful, 40 page ABC picture book do not automatically assume that it is suitable for young kids. In fact it would make a fab gift for anyone who likes slightly dark humour, is interested in climate change and all things apocalyptic, or someone who just loves zombies.

Humorous and often terrifying, this book could also be slightly controversial to some people. Basically it is a cautionary tale about what could happen if we don't start looking after this planet a bit better. But then if the zombies get us first what does it matter....?

I loved this book! It's a great addition to story books not safe for kids. I loved the story, the art is great, and there's even a nice nod to the current political climate. It would be a great book to get for a friend!

If you've read The Gashlycrumb Tinies then you will definitely like this book, although I'm honestly not sure if I would read either of them to actual children. But I guess most of us in my generation grew up reading that messed up book where the lady's head was actually held on with her choker necklace and we all turned out ...more or less okay. This is definitely a very fun and topical ABC book of different ways the world could end. While some are more classic, like asteroids and zombies, many are more topical, like G is for global warming and even T is for Trump. Definitely a 'fun' read [if you like your humor dark] and has great illustrations too.

Four and a half stars for a very droll picture book, with child-friendly verse portraying how the whole world is going to hell in a handcart, and in a multitude of ways. Proof, if proof were needed, that there's no better comedy than black, and that there needs to be more apocalypse in bedtime reading!

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Another fantastically illustrated short book listing an alphabetical series of apocalyptic happenings, events or disasters as a bedtime story, that's definitely not for young children! I adored the illustrations even if they are a bit gory. I also loved the almost poem like writing which plays out each apocalyptic scene from zombies, viruses and bugs to Trump, ISIS (very current) and of course, asteroids.

An amusing parody of A to Z picture books - this is really a book for adults or older kids rather than actual picture-book-aged children, but, as an adult, I thought it was hilarious.

Upon seeing this book I immediately knew I wanted to read it. Who can resist gallows humour at the end of the world as we know it? I realise that sounds grim (or slightly disturbed), but this book promised the required level of amusement to see us through the times where we could all find ourselves doomed.

Firstly, the illustrations are fabulous and perfectly depict a catastrophe that corresponds with each letter of the alphabet. The graphics are accompanied by jaunty prose summing up varying degrees of apocalypse from melting ice caps to nuclear oblivion, all of which result in our demise.

And yet, while I could appreciate the first few rhymes the dark wit quickly turned a bit guilt-trippy. The further I read I felt, well, a little awkward if I'm honest, which was a shame because I thought this was a brilliant concept.

Sorry guys, this one didn't quite work out for me. But as we're all different I'm sure it will appeal to many, many others.

Review: A is For Asteroid, Z is for Zombie

This is not a children's book. {Shudder} If it doesn't give you nightmares and worries, you must be more jaded than I. This delightfully illustrated (in a horrifying fashion, reminiscent of the late, much-lamented, Charles Addams) compendium of eschatological woes is presented as a rhyming bedtime book read by a devoted father to his frightened son, who has been told about asteroid impact. By the time the father finishes, he and the reader are spine-chilled. Who knew the end of the world is possible in so many variants?

Quick book in the format of a children's book, but not meant for children! A way to laugh at the threats facing our society, but also a reminder to do something about them.