What Are Satire and Parody? by Matt Doeden
Published by Lerner Publications (Tm) on August 1, 2019
ISBN: 1541574745
Pages: 32
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
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The book begins with examples of satire and parody with the likes of Stephen Cobert and Saturday Night Live. Then moves on to the history of satire and parody. Ending with a section about “Spotting Satire and Parody.” Throughout are short quizzes about how to spot fake news. While this is a timely topic, some of the examples are already dated, which indicates that this may have a short shelf-life. However, I can see this being useful in a middle school English class to illustrate these two concepts.

reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library