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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...

Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! may be an innocent children’s book written by a 35-year-old conservative mom of three young boys in Torrance, Calif., who attend Christian schools. But once the Internet got a hold of it, things turned nasty. The storybook involves two young brothers who sell lemonade to pay for a swing set — the idea being that they will feel better about themselves if they earn the money to buy their own toy. The author is Katherine DeBrecht, a journalist and member of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women. Her book, published by...

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,"...

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...

"A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached," reports the BBC: A statement from Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax said staff had held an advice session to highlight the need for respect and dignity for patients. On one ward there is a doll featuring the message: "What makes you think I want to be looked at?"Meanwhile, a press release from World Ahead Publishing notes that the children's book "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" has come under attack: Liberals on the airwaves and across the Internet...

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 22, 2005 -- An unlikely children's book has stepped forward to challenge "Harry Potter" for the #1 ranking on Amazon.com's bestseller list, and its portrayal of left-wing icons Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy as cartoon villains has provoked a firestorm of controversy in the process. "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead; hardcover $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) by Katharine DeBrecht soared to #6 in Amazon's overall rankings on Wednesday afternoon after being praised by talk radio king Rush Limbaugh on his national radio show. The illustrated book ranked second only to J.K. Rowling's...