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Authors of the controversial children's books “Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” and “Why Mommy is a Democrat” agree on one thing -- it's important to pass on your political values to your kids.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 25, 2006 -- Instead of sheltering their kids from their political views, parents should take an active role in teaching them to their kids. This is the controversial stance being taken by the authors of two popular children's books. “Parents who believe in traditional values should absolutely try to instill those values in their kids,” says Katharine DeBrecht, author of...

Charity auction on eBay raises money to support U.S. troops while also sending liberal Senator Hillary Clinton a message. Winner will be caricatured in an upcoming children's book as a hero who arrests a Hillary look-alike.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 30, 2006 -- A new charity auction hosted on eBay aims to raise money for U.S. troops while also sending a prominent liberal politician a powerful message. The winning bidder gets the right to be caricatured in an upcoming children's book as the fictional hero that throws a look-alike of Hillary Clinton into jail. Hillary Clunkton, a fictional pantsuit-clad villain...

Shock jock parodied alongside Streisand, Madonna, Britney, Tom and other celebrities in new conservative book for kids, “Help! Mom! Hollywood’s in My Hamper!” This sequel to last fall's Hillary-bashing bestseller hits stores just in time for Oscars.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 1, 2006 -- Who would've thought that shock jock Howard Stern, formerly the target of federal regulators for his crude on-air antics, would ever appear as a character in a book intended for children? But that's exactly what happens this month as Stern and a host of other celebrities become characters in a new illustrated book for kids written...

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...

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...

Anyone who believes, with Whitney Houston, that children are our future, will probably want to pay close attention to a children's book that's outselling almost all others in the US. It's easy enough to spot on the shelves: it's called Help, Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! Katherine Debrecht's book is proof that there is no front on which the American culture wars cannot be fought. Its heroes are Tommy and Lou, two rosy-cheeked boys who set up a lemonade stand. All they want to do is save up for a new swing. But they reckon without a cast...

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,"...

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...