History Literature / LatawnyaTheNaughtyHorseLearnsToSayNoToDrugs

* LongTitle: One of those titles that sums up the entire book.

* TheArtifact: Judging by the blurb, in ''Latawnya the Naughty Horse Two'', Latawna is not only ''not'' naughty, she seems to be leading the charge against the eeeeevil drug pusher Spooky.

* CluelessAesop: It's a children's book about a non-anthropomorphic horse who learns the dangers of drug abuse. ...Yeah.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!

** Also, there's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph.
* DoubleAesop: The story's two (blatant) morals are "Don't do drugs" and "Don't do things just because you see other people doing them".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Latawyna imitates a scary noise she hears. This is meant to show that Latawyna is naughty and prone to imitating others, which is why she's tempted to do drugs.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Latawyna is the foolish sibling to Latoya and Daisy's Responsible. She's convinced to try drugs and alcohol while the other two warn her against it.

* ScareEmStraight: The book is clearly written with the idea of scaring readers from the idea of doing drugs, complete with a character dying of overdose.

The story of a horse named Latawnya, and the way she learns her lesson not to engage in "smoking games" and "drinking games", just because the other horses are doing it.

* CivilisedAnimal: The horses talk, use drugs, and have a civilisation but are otherwise normal horses.

* DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them.

* InformedFlaw: Until she starts playing smoking games and drinking games, the naughtiest thing we see Latawnya do is mimic a noise she hears.
* InsistentTerminology: Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without "the naughty horse" being tagged onto the end.

** See the quote at the top of the page, verbatim from the book! You can imagine what the author's English teacher did upon reading it to wash that memory out of her head!
** Latawnya's name is rarely mentioned without "the naughty horse" being tagged onto the end, bringing up the question of why there was no 'Connie the manipulative horse' or 'Daisy [[OnlySaneMan the sane horse]]'.
** Also, there's quite a lot of reiterating the moral and repeating stuff in the same paragraph!

* DrugsAreBad: So bad, that Latawnya gets sick the instant she tries them. (Probably because she's a horse.) Why would anyone enjoy using them?

* FantasticAesop: [[http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/plant-list-horses.html According to the ASPCA]] marijuana is toxic to horses (fatalities are rare but possible). Fortunately any horses who read this book will know to avoid it.

* GhettoName: Latawnya.

* RuleOfSymbolism: In the second book (yes, there are two of them!), Spooky the drug dealer is black, with red horns and a cactus up his butt which is probably meant to be a horned tail. It's pretty subtle for a Latawnya book.
* ScareEmStraight: Attempts to intimidate readers out of using drugs with the OD'd horse dying, but the sheer ridiculousness of the premise and the terrible writing make it pretty ineffective.

* WatchItStoned: [[{{Irony}} Ironically enough]], this is exactly the sort of book which is best enjoyed while stoned.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** At one point, Latawnya hears a scary noise, then later mimics it. But what was the noise?
** Also, why introduce Gregory by name if he's never even mentioned again?

* FrivolousLawsuit:
** The author filed one against Amazon, Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and Website/UrbanDictionary, which assumed the latter two to be the same company. It's [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/45079183/Gibson-v-Amazon-Complaint worth a look]] simply for the grammar, which reads like [[FanFic/MyImmortal Tara Gilesbie's]] VideoGame/ZeroWing [[Literature/TheEyeOfArgon of Argon]].
** In fact, the writing of that complaint seems to imply that the author's DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment isn't for the benefit of child readers, ''she really just writes like that.''

This book is hilariously poorly written, and contains some of the most surreal illustrations you'll ever see. Non-cartoony horses with blunts and beer bottles in their mouths, and an OD'd horse lying on the ground while its family cries, are the main illustrative highlights of this fable.

See three hilarious {{Dramatic Reading}}s of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWB9MfYoSfo here]] and [[http://blip.tv/file/3380125 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFC3_ocZLOU&feature=g-upl&context=G2e9dd99AUAAAAAAAAAA here]].

%% Creator/JimmyFallon profiled the book as part of a "Do Not Read List" [[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/do-not-read-list-part-1-6911/1333035/ segment]] on his talk show (relevant part starts at 2:35).

* OutnumberedSibling: Gregory is the only male among Latawyna's siblings.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Latawyna imitates a scary noise she hears. This is meant to show that Latawyna is naughty and prone to imitating others, which is why she's tempted to

* LongTitle

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Latawnya is one of eight siblings.

* OutnumberedSibling: Latawnya is said to have seven sisters and one brother.