Posted on 01/11/2016 9:50:27 AM PST by presidio9
In a presidential election year, there will, of course, be political biographies. But political biographies for children? This month three children's books about one candidate — Hillary Clinton — hit the shelves. Aimed at a variety of age groups, the books deliver a similar message of female strength, though admittedly one likely to go down easier in Democratic-leaning households.
Jonah Winter's picture book "Hillary" (Schwartz & Wade, ages 4 to 8) begins with a slightly tongue-in-cheek overview of history's notably strong women: Queen Elizabeth, Joan of Arc ("she was kind of intense"), Rosie the Riveter, "and now there is Hillary." The first image, rendered delicately in watercolor, colored pencils and lithograph crayon by Raul Colon, shows young Hillary in a baseball cap, surrounded by tall boys, pointing assertively. "She was scrappy," Winter writes. The tale that unfolds will be familiar to parental readers - Hillary graduating from law school, becoming a mother and first lady. There's even a summary of her work for health care reform. In simple terms, Winter offers younger readers a portrait of someone who learns all she can and draws on her experience in tough situations. As secretary of state, "she was the hardest of workers, getting up earlier and staying up later than anyone, reading countless reports filled with important information, making decisions that might save lives or cost lives."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
| There's a very good reason all these books are being published. It's to keep voters from seeing the other Clinton books they can buy on Amazon.
Not a pretty line-up. |
(in a faux Southern accent, btw)
Partisan Media Shills Alert!
Pretty silly stuff.
Some girls are born to lead and others are merely cartoons.
Hillary's life story is fiction. It's a fact my grandmother graduated from college in the early 1920s.
As did mine.
What is worth noting is a little exercise I took in response to this article:
I went through each decade from the 1930's (the decade immediately preceding Hillary Rodham) though today. What we find, especially in her formative decades of the 40's and 50's, is that all of the women considered noteworthy today (you're Eleanor Roosevelts, Rosa Parks and Rachael Carsons, etc.) are associated with liberal causes. Golda Mier was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, but by that time the damage was done.
Telling and sad.
The list that I was looking at came from the Discovery Channel, which for some reason did not think Margaret Thatcher was an important woman from the 1970's (Dolores Huerta, Gloria Steinem & Billy Jean King).
This is what we're up against. This is perhaps why 54% of women vote Democrat while only 45% of men do -and why affiliation with the DNC goes down for women as they gain life experience.
The image to two bull-dykes reading this to their adopted child at bedtime makes me want to puke for having thought of it.
Hillary was an infamous baker in a story about Hansel and Gretel.
DAMN. By EIGHTH GRADE Hillary could talk. What a smart little girl. Some girls are BORN to lead. Can anyone say Social Darwinism? Thought you could.
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