Just what the country needs — partisan children’s books. From In Divided U.S., A Big Question: Who Gets the Kids?:
There’s even a niche market in politically abrasive children’s literature. One new book is titled “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!” It tells the fictional tale of two boys who try to run a lemonade stand, while liberals keep showing up, taking half their money in taxes, and forcing them to remove the photo of Jesus that hangs on the stand.The book is written under a pen name because the author says she fears for her children’s safety. In Fort Mill, S.C., 10-year-old Abbey Kirrane received the book from her mom. “If you listen to liberals,” she says, “they take away your dreams and hopes for the future.” Abbey believes the book accurately describes liberals. “They can be pushy. They tell you what to do.”
The book, which is sold in some bookstores and online, is the first in a series by World Ahead Publishing, of Gardena, Calif. Up next: “Help! Mom! Hollywood is in my Hamper!”
A left-leaning children’s book “No, George, No!” depicts a “Truth Fairy” showing a cartoon Mr. Bush the errors of his ways on issues from the Iraq war to the environment. The book is designed to teach children “to be people of integrity, unlike our president,” says author Kathy Eder, who self-published it and says she has sold about 1,000 copies. Brian Henson, 11, of Orinda, Calif., received a copy as a gift from his grandmother. “The book made things clear for me,” he says.