Posted on 03/20/2004 8:29:08 AM PST by scripter
A day after a children's book about a homosexual prince finding his true love received national media attention, the colorful hardback rose to a surprisingly high No. 38 on Amazon.com's list of best sellers.
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The book, "King & King," gained media coverage Thursday when a North Carolina couple expressed their outrage after their first-grade daughter came home from her public-school library with the book.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the book chronicles the adventures of Prince Bertie, who waves off a bevy of eligible princesses before falling for Prince Lee, the Associated Press reported. The book ends with the two "marrying" and sharing a kiss.
"I was flabbergasted," parent Michael Hartsell of Wilmington, N.C., told the news service. "My child is not old enough to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs."
AP reported the 32-page book by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland was published in March 2002 by Tricycle Press, the children's division of Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, Calif. A follow-up, "King & King & Family," was recently published. The publisher says the book is intended for readers age 6 and up.
It was unclear if a special-interest organization was buying up copies of the children's book or if individuals were purchasing it. As of yesterday, "King & King" was just edging out former Bush Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's new book, "The Price of Loyalty," on the list and was hot on the heels of humorist Al Franken's "Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them."
The book stood at No. 350 on Barnes and Noble's sales list – still a respectable standing considering the tens of thousands of books the company sells.
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