Little Miss Basic: A Parody

by Dan Zevin

Little Miss Basic loves her Uggs, her pumpkin spice lattes, and texting her totes amaze Basic B*tches. But when she gets dumped by her BAE, Mr. Douchebag, she feels sad and ratchet inside. How can a Basic bounce back?
 
 
Meet her friends Mr. Selfie, Little Miss Overshare, and Mr. Humblebrag! 

Genres: Humor

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2015

About the author

Dan Zevin is a Thurber Prize-winning humorist. His books include Dan Gets a Minivan and The Day I Turned Uncool, which were both optioned by Adam Sandler. Dan has been an award-winning humor columnist for the New York Times, a comic commentator for NPR, and a contributor to print or digital editions of The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Rolling Stone, Salon, Real Simple, Parents, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives with his family in Westchester, NY, and teaches comic writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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Reviews

[B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I grew up with the Little Miss and Mister books, I still have them, and love them till this very day! Needless to say when I saw that this parody was coming out I was on a mission to add them to my collection! See full review here.

[Tiffany M · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I got this book I was disappointed by how small it was, but then I started to read it and that
disappointment vanished. This book is stupid but yet so ridiculously cute and funny that it's actually a great read. The way the book is written is so point on with today's society. I found myself laughing and thinking about some people I've come across. I actually want to get the rest of the books to read and have on my shelf. It's a quick read but I think my teenager niece will love the books as well. Definitely a funny author! Would read this book again and again.

[Angela Meas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ugh. This book was, like, totally the worst of the collection. Like, literally.

It hurt my brain just typing out that sentence.

It may be that I really don't like this type of person and therefore was unable to laugh at this character, or perhaps the book really wasn't that funny.

I completely understand why, but the book was cynical and mocking-don't get me wrong I'm right there with him-though it left the book dry and me angry at the selfish and self entitled notions of these basic bitches.

Maybe some will find it funny, I found it kind of sad.

This book was given to me for review by blogging for books.

[Stacie Wyatt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read other books in the series: Mr. Selfie and Little Miss Overshare. The books are a mix of humor and satire. Don't be fooled by the cover. These are not children's books.

In little Miss Basic, she is obsessed with the latest fads, fashions, and celebrities. The book starts off good, but I get lost in the middle. The book is not as good as Mr Selfie, who was obsessed with selfies and his selfie stick or Little Miss Overshare, who talked too much.

Disclaimer: I received this in exchange for honest review

[Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a funny, super short little storybook about the life of Little Miss Basic. You know her, she's always drinking Pumpkin Spice Lattes in her uggs, betches! If you're a little miss basic, or if you just like to make fun of them, I recommend reading this just for fun! :)

I received this book via Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The awesome part of these books is that they are so easy to relate to real life people we know! I definitely got some chuckles out of these books. I won this set of four books from Read It Forward #RIFWinner. These would be a cute set to give to someone in an office setting where there are many diverse sets of people!

[Smez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the original books so I was happy to see a parody version I could enjoy now as an adult. It's super short but has some memorable, funny moments. Will have to page though this again for a quick laugh.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I literally can't even about this book right now. It was totes adorbs and like, oh emm gee I need to share it with like, everyone.

Cute little parody story about Basics everywhere!

[Hope Bartrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun parody of the Little Miss and Little Mr. books I loved as a kid.