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Cameo appearance teaches kids dangers of rumors and gossip, indicts media While the former Governor and Vice Presidential candidate has achieved success with record book sales and support for a 2012 presidential election bid, she has also achieved something else few public figures ever have: heroine status in a children’s book. In a cameo appearance, “Governor Sarah,” a Palin lookalike character, attempts to help two boys with a struggling swingset business hang onto the American Dream despite high taxes, burdensome regulations and 246 czars in the recently released children’s book Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country

When President Obama announced plans to give a speech to the nation’s schoolchildren in September, it set off a frenzy among conservative commentators who deemed it, in the words of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer, an attempt to “indoctrinate America’s children to his socialist agenda.” Now, with the release of Katharine DeBrecht’s latest children’s book, “Help! Mom! Radicals are Ruining My Country!” — which lampoons senior Democratic members of Congress, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts — it is liberals’ turn to cry foul about the partisan poisoning of impressionable...

Parody book for kids tries to 'Hamper' filmdom's style BY JULIAN KESNERDAILY NEWS FEATURE WRITER Second 'Help!'-ing hits animal-rights activists. Rayonna's got some tips for Janie and Sam. Of all the swag in all the gift bags at Oscar parties on Sunday, one giveaway was sure to irritate some humorless A-listers. It was a book titled "Help! Mom! Hollywood's in My Hamper!" - the second in a series by Katharine DeBrecht, a South Carolina mother of three. The tome is being published by World Ahead Publishing, which bills itself as "The West Coast's Leading Conservative Publisher." Last summer, it also...

No. 1 blogged book of 2005? 'Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed' so honored Posted: February 25, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" first gained notoriety at WorldNetDaily where it was first sold. Then it became a sensation of talk radio, getting the attention of even Rush Limbaugh. And now the latest news of how this book became a smash best-seller – it was the most blogged book of 2005. At least that's what the New York Times found, so take this with a grain of salt. Katharine DeBrecht's book was...

The New York Times has named controversial children's book “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” (Kids Ahead; hardcover: $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) by Katharine DeBrecht as one of the books most frequently discussed by bloggers last year. The inclusion on this high profile list alongside “The Da Vinci Code,” “Freakonomics,” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is just the latest surprise in a long list of unlikely accolades -- and angry criticism -- garnered by this conservative illustrated book. Written by a self-proclaimed “Security Mom for Bush,” the illustrated picture book -- which features Hillary Rodham Clinton and...

State of the Democratic Party: MeltdownLos Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 1, 2006 -- Despite President Bush's weak poll numbers heading into yesterday's State of the Union address and the recent indictment of a high-profile Republican lobbyist, new information suggests that it's the Democratic party and not the GOP that is in political disarray. This according to Katharine DeBrecht, the outspoken author of the 2005 hit children's book "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover: $15.95; ISBN 0976726904). Going into the mid-term elections with a two-term president of the opposite party should be a golden opportunity for...

Once upon a time, people in red states and blue states did not like each other. They used to argue. A lot. Especially on TV and the radio. Then they decided their children should feel this way, too. That's why this holiday season we have books such as "Why Mommy is a Democrat" and "Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed." Hey kids, can you say "culture wars?" No surprise, really. These books are natural extensions of the political rants now a staple of the adult best-seller lists. Last year, conservative talk show host Bill O'Reilly rolled out "The...

Hillary Clinton, Alan Colmes, Andrew Sullivan among prominent liberals who assail popular kid's book, liken it to Nazi propaganda. Conservative author laughs off allegations. "What else would you expect from liberals?"Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 29, 2005 -- Judging from the reaction of liberal pundits and politicians, George W. Bush is no longer the most despised conservative figure in America. That distinction might just belong now to Katharine DeBrecht, a children's author and mother of three. What catapulted DeBrecht, an unassuming housewife, to this dubious and unlikely distinction? Blame it on her recently released children's book, “Help! Mom! There Are...

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is attacking a children's book that depicts her as an inveterate liberal who tries to regulate a lemonade stand run by two budding entrepeneurs. The book, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!," by Katharine DeBrecht, stars "Congresswoman Clunkton" - a kind of cartoon verson of Nurse Ratched in a pantsuit who orders the young boys to reduce the sugar in their lemonade and add broccoli to each glass, "Can’t wait for the sequel, Help! Mom! I Can’t Read This Book Because Republicans Have Cut Literacy Programs!” Clinton's spokesman Philippe Reines fumed recently in...

Is Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton personally offended by a book poking fun at liberals? Comments from the New York Democrat's spokesman seem to indicate there might be a problem. "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" skewers a variety of well-known liberals and their philosophy in cartoon fashion, and features a villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to Hillary taxing and regulating a child's lemonade stand. Last month, the congressional newspaper the Hill quoted Clinton's press secretary Philippe Reines as dismissing the book, which also features look-alikes of fellow liberal icons Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. Reines was...

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 2, 2005 -- What kind of children's book, written by an unassuming 35-year-old mother of three, could possibly provoke the ire of Hillary Rodham Clinton's press secretary on multiple occasions? The answer, it appears, is one that features a cartoon villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to the New York Senator taxing and regulating a child's lemonade stand. Katharine DeBrecht's illustrated “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” (Kids Ahead; hardcover $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) has been a hit in U.S. bookstores and garnered an international media following, but twice in the past two...

An new children’s book bashing the left has provoked comments from the staff of New York Senator, Hillary Clinton. Apparently they do not appreciate the fact that the arch-villan of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" bears an uncanny resemblance to Sen. Clinton. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com

'Help! Mom!' casts liberals as villains By Cheryl Wetzstein The Washington Times Published October 16, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Katharine DeBrecht, a married mother of three, wanted to make a point about the importance of conservative values. So, she penned a children's book -- "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" -- to stand up to the "liberal agenda that's being thrown at our kids from the left." **SNIP** Liberals have lambasted the book as "brainwashing" and "Nazi propaganda." The Democratic Underground Web site listed Mrs. DeBrecht as one of its "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" last month. "If ever there...

A book extolling conservative values, Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! might turn out to a best seller. Katharine DeBrecht, a South Carolina journalist and mother of three, says she wrote the book of two young brothers trying to run a lemonade stand, but are thwarted at every turn by left-wing politicians, the Sunday Telegraph reported. DeBrecht says she wrote the book because she could find nothing to teach traditional Republican values, but that her children got a steady dose of left-leaning values via King and King, whose royal hero finds true love in a gay marriage and...

Wicked witch of Left: how Hillary became a storybook villainBy James Langton(Filed: 09/10/2005) A children's picture book for conservatives whose villains include Hillary Clinton and Senator Ted Kennedy has become the surprise publishing hit of the year. Sales of Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! have rivalled even the latest Harry Potter novel, with the book racing up the best-seller charts after it was published two weeks ago.   'Congresswoman Clunkton' Written by Katharine DeBrecht, a mother of three, it tells the story of two young brothers who try to make money from a lemonade stall but are thwarted...

A children's picture book for conservatives whose villains include Hillary Clinton and Senator Ted Kennedy has become the surprise publishing hit of the year. Sales of Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! have rivalled even the latest Harry Potter novel, with the book racing up the best-seller charts after it was published two weeks ago.

Wicked witch of Left: how Hillary became a storybook villain By James Langton (Filed: 09/10/2005) A children's picture book for conservatives whose villains include Hillary Clinton and Senator Ted Kennedy has become the surprise publishing hit of the year. Sales of Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! have rivalled even the latest Harry Potter novel, with the book racing up the best-seller charts after it was published two weeks ago. 'Congresswoman Clunkton' Written by Katharine DeBrecht, a mother of three, it tells the story of two young brothers who try to make money from a lemonade stall but...

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2005 -- The author of a conservative children's book is condemning published reports that a public school in Lexington, Massachusetts, is forcing its kindergarten students to read a book promoting gay marriage. Katharine DeBrecht, the author of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover $15.95; ISBN 0976726904), criticized the school and asked why the very same liberals who have vocally attacked her book and called her a "Nazi" have been so silent in this case. Reports recently surfaced that Estabrook School mandated that all kindergarteners read "Who's in a Family,"...

Digital Man Yesterday we noted that Andrew Sullivan has been waging a one-man witch-hunt against "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!," a cute children's book that tells the story of a pair of boys who open a lemonade stand only to be beset by an army of liberal regulators... Why is Sullivan so scandalized by "Help! Mom!"? Maybe because it's so true. Check out this story from Salem, Mass., in the Aug. 3 Boston Globe: "Dominic Serino, 9, and his neighbor, Ryan Decker, 11, were forced Saturday to shut down their lemonade stand at Salem Common after an...

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 27, 2005 -- Liberals on the airwaves and across the Internet have assailed the bestselling new conservative children's book "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) since it was announced several weeks ago, but the criticism took a surprising turn on Monday when prominent liberal Andrew Sullivan waded into the controversy, this according to the book's publisher. Sullivan — the author of multiple books and a former editor for the magazine "New Republic" — claimed on his popular blog that the book contains nudity, a charge which set...