Children"s Author: Warn Kids About Liberals ("Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed")

Yahoo News ^ | 9/13/05

[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.

[Libloather]

Releases on my son's 5th birthday!!

Stocking stuffer bump. (Oh, boy. This will open up some conversation before carving the Christmas turducken - eh?)

[Libloather]

...the little kid has this really u-g-l-y high forehead hairline...

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.

[Maceman]

Parents with traditional values need to take a hands-on approach to making sure their kids aren"t bombarded by left-wing messages.

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!!"

[satchmodog9]

Seems anything not favoring liberalism is called controversial. That is because it's controversial when you don't agree with it.

[LA Woman3]

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.

[Huber]

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!

[ItsForTheChildren]

When I was a kid they were in my closet.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Aaaahhhhh! The troll from Billy Goats Gruff!

[netmilsmom]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0976726904/qid=1126654558/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7554194-3466301?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[Awestruck]

"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!"

[doug from upland]

This Kerry mocking book is displayed in a S. California classroom.

[surrey]

I ordered this for my Grandson's 4th Birthday. His other grandparents are going to stroke out when they see it. Die-hard Libs!

[Kimmers]

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

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Now I have. :)

Liberals can dish it out, but they can't take it.

[Politicalmom]

My kids all learned their letters and numbers by sight before they were two from Sesame Street. AFTER that, we move on to Rush. : )

[mylife]

Bwaahaaahaaa!

[CarolinaGuitarman]

I was all set to write,"Help, Mom, there are liberals under my bed and they're drooling!" with that Calvin and Hobbes picture, and you ruined my evening. Thanks a lot!

Btw, that has to be one of my favorite comic strips (and my 5 year old nieces too! :) )

[lupie]

ping

[LA Woman3]

My 5 year old twins are political as well....
Their preschool printed what everyone wanted to be when they grew up in their graduation program.
One said he wanted to be President of the United States of America. The other twin said he wanted to be a tiger.
We live in Baton Rouge, so I was hoping everyone thought he meant an LSU Tiger!! : )