Posted on 07/26/2021 11:20:44 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Woke children's books such as pro-transgender "I Am Jazz," race-baiting "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," and "The GayBCs" have been all the rage among leftist teachers, parents, and schools.
But there's a new title in town that you can bet the woke set won't want anywhere near their tykes — but it very well may be just what more conservative adults prefer their kids set their eyes upon.
It's called "Elephants Are Not Birds" — and conservative activist author Ashley St. Clair calls it an "unapologetic rebuke" of the transgender agenda.
It's the first title from Brave Books, which the New York Post reported will focus exclusively on stories for kids and offer parents "a conservative alternative to the current cultural activism that our children are being taught in schools, in the entertainment they watch and the books they read," the publisher's website says.
More from the paper:
Company CEO Trent Talbot, who had his first child a little more than a year ago, conceived of Brave Books when, he said, he started to notice "that there is a real war going on for the hearts and minds of our kids. And everywhere I looked was propaganda," the Montgomery, Texas-based dad told The Post.
An ophthalmologist by trade, Talbot pointed to Ibram X. Kendi's picture book, " Antiracist Baby," which urges parents and kids to "make equity a reality," as content that needs a counterpoint. "Once my eyes were open, I was seeing it everywhere, and I couldn't unsee it," Talbot told the Post. "I thought there was a need for books that could help parents teach the values they hold dear."
What is 'Elephants Are Not Birds' about? The paper said "Elephants are Not Birds" is about an elephant named Kevin who likes to sing and then is convinced by a vulture — named Culture — that he actually must be a bird since he sings so well.
But despite Culture bestowing a beak and pair of wings upon Kevin, he just isn't able to do life as well by trying to be a bird, the Post noted.
"The book is an unapologetic rebuke of the transgender acceptance and the growing number of young people identifying as trans," St. Clair tweeted.
"You get special attention now in the classroom if you say, 'Hey, my name is not Billy, it's Amanda,'" the 22-year-old author told the paper. "I am going to have a little boy in November, and it's scary to think he could come home and say, 'My friends all identify as something else, and that's how I feel' and have my son crying because he's not put on hormone replacement therapy."
How are leftists reacting to the book? As you might expect, leftists are popping blood vessels far and wide over "Elephants Are Not Birds" and doing their snarky best to rip it to shreds:
"This is BEYOND VILE!" Twitter user The Big Gay Al wrote about the book. "I assumed it was satire but it appears not." Another commenter tweeted that the book is "hate speech" and "evil." "How about we support and accept humans for who they are and want to be," another user noted. "I was like, this has to be parody but then I scrolled down to see 'elephants are not birds' and I stopped thinking this was a parody. Smh," one commenter tweeted. "Motherf***ers are going to have blood on their hands," another user declared. Anything else? "Elephants are Not Birds" is available only on the Brave Books website through an offer to parents of book per month for a $12.99 annual subscription, the Post said.
Other titles in the pipeline include, "The Island of Free Ice Cream" by conservative figure Jack Posobiec which will tackle communism, the paper noted, adding that Brave Books "is also courting Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), to write 'Fame, Blame, and the Raft of Shame' about cancel culture."
But Dumbo could fly.....
The story in “Elephants Are Not Birds” reminds me of a cartoon I saw (1940s, 1950s?) of a little mouse who wished he were a bird and could fly. So a fairy bestows on him real wings that do make him fly, only, they are bat’s wings, not bird’s wings. No one loves him with his bat wings, he cries and tries to tear them off, but can’t. The good fairy takes pity on him and restores him to his original wing-less condition, and he, having learned his lesson, rejoices in how he was originally made.
Let me see if I can locate that link.
Elephants who identify as birds are liable to destroy a lot of telephone lines
“ Elephants who identify as birds are liable to destroy a lot of telephone lines”
No parking under trees, either. That stuff will ruin the finish on your car for sure.
Found it. Here it is.
“Disney’s Silly Symphony - The Flying Mouse (1934)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXzkdNy-8Q
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025126/
Can you imagine the bird droppings?
Not that different from Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Little Mermaid” who died from sorrow and homesickness after being rejected by humans and no longer a mermaid. Disney spoiled that cautionary tale.
That sounds familiar! I actually think I had that book when I was real young, and my parents read it to me.
Bump
Transgender is removed from Trans-dragon only by degree. In addition to hormone therapy, reconstruction, and prosthesis, the latter also suggests an ignition source and fuel supply.
Elephants Are Not Birds” is not available on Amazon, but it did come up first on the suggested entry list when I typed “Elephants” so apparently enough people are searching for it to affect Amazon’s search algorithm.
Keep your eye on Brave Publishing. They are a start up in Houston doing conservative books that the woke publishers won’t touch.
I’m surprised he could start Brave Books. Isn’t it racist? 🤓
The Trans crowd will write a kid’s book where the elephant’s trunk is cut off to finish the transition to a bird.
A search on DDGo has no site listed for Brave Books, nor any title listed for “Elephants Are Not Birds.”
Anybody got a website link for ordering this book?
No, no, Chik-fil-a went totally woke a couple of years ago. They even fund trans grooming sessions for kiddies. There are videos of this rubbish. Don’t buy their stuff if you think it is still funding reason.
Gotta love this whine: “How about we support and accept humans for who they are and want to be,”. OK, cupcake, how about we skip the conflation in that crappola sentence? First, you want “US” to accept people for what they are. No problem: you have YX chromosome, you are a guy. Regardless of how you dress, or have cut off, you remain a guy. Potentially a weird guy, but still.
Then, in same sentence you ask “US” to accept what people want to be”. Uhh, that is inconsistent with first part. I want to be 50 years younger. Ain’t gonna happen.
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