Tell the kids that sometimes a few of the really big ones escape from their mansions and scare the rest of us as well...
Posted on 09/13/2005 3:49:17 PM PDT by Libloather
Children"s Author: Warn Kids About Liberals
Tue Sep 13, 3:00 AM ET
(PRWEB) - Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 13, 2005 - – The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina has exposed an ugly truth about liberals, and parents need to teach this to their kids, according to the author of a controversial upcoming children"s book.
Katharine DeBrecht — the author of the soon-to-be-released "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover: $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) — dismisses the notion that parents should not talk to their young kids about politics. If anything, she claims, the behavior of liberals following the flooding of New Orleans shows that parents with traditional values need to take a hands-on approach to making sure their kids aren"t bombarded by left-wing messages.
"Liberals don"t hesitate in pushing their extremist ideology," says DeBrecht, the mother of three and a co-captain of her state"s Security Moms for Bush. "Their actions in the wake of the tragedy in New Orleans shows this only too well."
In support of her point, DeBrecht asserts that as soon as New Orleans" levees burst liberals set out to exploit the tragedy. She notes that Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal immediately blamed President Bush for the flooding, Jesse Jackson claimed black residents were abandoned because of conservatives" racism, and columnist Robert Kennedy Jr. argued that opposition to the Kyoto treaty on global warming caused the hurricane. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan even used the tragedy to argue against America"s liberation of Iraq.
"As crass as they have been in exploiting the tragedy in the Gulf Coast," adds DeBrecht, "they have been equally aggressive in exploiting America"s children. From pro-socialist stories like "Rainbow Fish" to attacks on traditional values like "King & King," liberals have been pushing books with their extremist philosophy into our classrooms and school libraries unabated for years. Conservative parents have to do what they can to make sure their kids hear the other side of the story."
Although its official publication date is still a week away, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" has already made waves in the typically staid world of children"s publishing. The announcement of the book caused an uproar among liberal commentators, with many claiming the book teaches children to hate. The full-color illustrated story tells of two brothers who open a lemonade stand only to encounter a Ted Kennedy character who taxes away their profits and a pants-suit clad Hillary Clinton look-alike who outlaws sugary drinks.
"Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" will be available in bookstores nationwide on September 20.
About World Ahead Publishing:
Kids Ahead is an imprint of Los Angeles-based World Ahead Publishing, the West Coast's premier publisher of conservative and libertarian books. To learn more, visit www.worldahead.com .
Contact Information:
To interview author Katharine DeBrecht, contact Special Guests at (630) 848-0750.
Tell the kids that sometimes a few of the really big ones escape from their mansions and scare the rest of us as well...
"Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed"
LOL!
NOW we'll see what censorship really is.
Don't forget Care Bear Harmony Bear!
Ewww, any picture of big blue balls and any Clinton is just tooo....
My 8 year old wants to know why homeless people don't just get a job?
I love it when conservatives start hitting back using the liberals' own tools.
Go read the reviews on Amazon. The attack dogs have been at it a while already!
didja see this one? lol!
OH MY WORD!! Releases on my son's 5th birthday!! This is a MUST have for my family, though I think my older kids (and I) might get a better kick out of it than birthday boy. Tremendous thanks for posting this ~ what would I do without FR....
Thanks for this post.
Can't W8 to find the book.
What a bombshell in childrens' publishing!!!
As opposed to, say, telling kids that conservatives want to take away their school lunches. That's love, of course.
Heads up, guys. Those of you with kids might want to look into this one.
When my 14 year old first visited Toronto with me, he asked me the same thing. I told him everybody got to choose for himself if he'd work or not, and they had decided they didn't want to. So there they were on the street. He just shook his head.
It doesn't pay as well.
I'm raising two young Republicans so imagine my shock when my young 3rd grade son brought home his library book this week "Lu and the Swamp Ghost" written by none other than James Carville~!!! I did a DOUBLE TAKE this morning before I had my first cup of coffee when I saw it laying next to his backpack. Most of the illustrations are just AWFUL and the little kid has this really u-g-l-y high forehead hairline and the story goes on about the Depression and has a variety of swamp critters and mosquitos.
Stocking stuffer bump. (Oh, boy. This will open up some conversation before carving the Christmas turducken - eh?)
A Carvile autobiography? (He has evolved from the New Orleans swampland - no?)
Lu and the Swamp Ghost
By James Carville with Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrated by David Catrow
Atheneum, $17.95
40 pages, ISBN 0689865600
Ages 4-8
A friend in the swamp
REVIEW BY SAM HOBBS
There's something about Louisiana that just breeds stories, from its swampy terrain to its storied history, from the Old World feel of New Orleans to the plantations and cotton fields. And there's always the Mississippi River for atmosphere. It should come as no surprise then, that a man like James Carville would have a few stories to tell. The Louisiana-born-and-raised Democratic political consultant, best known as Bill Clinton's campaign advisor, television commentator and one-half of a mixed political marriage with Republican consultant Mary Matalin, recounts a childhood tale in Lu and the Swamp Ghost, his first children's book.
The best stories are those handed down, and in the case of Lu, it's a story with origins in something that happened to Carville's mother Lucille during her Depression-era childhood. Lu is a poor girl who doesn't know she's poor; like all children with a loving family, she's rich in all the things that matter. All except one—she has no friends her own age. One day, while helping her Papa check turkey traps, she meets what may or may not be the dreaded swamp ghost she's heard about. Ghost or not, he's definitely hungry, and Lu finds that in feeding him, she may have found the friend she's been looking for.
Carville's charming story is brought to life with the help of Newbery and Caldecott winner Patricia McKissack, and accompanied by the delightful drawings of political cartoonist and children's illustrator David Catrow. Southern in its origins, but universal in its appeal, Lu and the Swamp Ghost is a fun—and spooky—book about the value of friendship in hard times. Youngsters should love it, whatever the political affiliations of their parents may be.
Who can ever forget Kofi Annan appearing on taxpayer-funded Sesame Street to settle an argument between a bunch of muppets? At the conclusion of the scene, the muppets are all pleased with the resolution of the problem, and say: "Let's solve our problems the UN way!!"
Seems anything not favoring liberalism is called controversial. That is because it's controversial when you don't agree with it.
Actually, I am nice saying that some people don't have the ability to work and those are the people we need to help out. I never give them money. Bottled water and food.
Stocking stuffers, pediatrician and dentist waiting rooms, playrooms at car dealerships, barbershops...the possibilities are endless.
Everyone should go out and request it from their local public libraries and school libraries. Write letters and memos explaining how "it is important to represent alternate viewpoints from a diversity perspective and how you just want the children to learn how to end poverty in our time".. Make the PC police sweat and squirm!
When I was a kid they were in my closet.
Aaaahhhhh! The troll from Billy Goats Gruff!
"My 8 year old wants to know why homeless people don't just get a job?"
LOL! So does my 7 yr old! she sees perfectly healthy men and women on the street corners with signs and she says "ewwww hippies!"
I ordered this for my Grandson's 4th Birthday. His other grandparents are going to stroke out when they see it. Die-hard Libs!
My kids now ages 21,18 and 17 also asked the same thing.....maybe because they grew up listening to Rush and not sesame street
Now I have. :)
Liberals can dish it out, but they can't take it.
My kids all learned their letters and numbers by sight before they were two from Sesame Street. AFTER that, we move on to Rush. : )
Bwaahaaahaaa!
ping
Let's be sure and call Barnes and Noble and place our advance copy order.
Are you kidding? I'm already thinkin' about aunts, uncles & cousins. This may end up on the NY Times bestseller list. The cherry on top...
Will the NY Times even critique this book? They don't usually critique O'Reilly's books do they? And even if they do, how can we be sure that B&N will even offer it for sale?
My 8 year old want to know why homeless people don't just get a job.......................................?
Treasure that child, he/she is a beacon of hope!
A few years ago when the west was on fire and on tv a lot...fast forward a month later, and I'm in the car with my 7 year old driving back from WDW. I was listening to Rush on the radio, and my daughter asked me why so many fires were burning out west, and especially in Arizona (where we used to live). For the next two hours or so, we talked about liberals wanting to save all the trees vs. more responsible controlled burning. We talked about taxes vs. spending and donating our own money. She practiced her spelling by writing down and making a list of all the places we are taxed by the Rats. It was a moment of mother/daughter bonding I shall never forget. Lol!
My 8 year old wants to know why homeless people don't just get a job.......................................?
Treasure that child, he/she is a beacon of hope!
Oh, trust me we do! He is wise beyond his years!
The bestseller list tracks sales - nothing else.
And even if they do, how can we be sure that B&N will even offer it for sale?
If it's gonna make money, B&N will sell it.
I warn my kids about liberals.
Me too...it's an awful lot of fun!
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