Dumbest Childrens Books Ever
Jan. 8th, 2007 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundIn the interest of equal snarkage, we have:
"Help! Mom! There are Liberals under my bed!"
"If only this were a joke, but it’s not. This adorable little book which recasts liberals as the monsters that children find under their beds is described as “a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism.” What are those valuable lessons, you ask? Namely, that liberals will ruin your life! “Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland.”
Why Mommy is a Democrat
"In the book, the words "Democrat" and "good person" seem to be used synonymously and interchangeably, and the illustrations--oh! the illustrations!--featuring what I can only conclude are meant to be squirrels (although they look more like antennaed aliens to me)--are quite stupendously hideous in a sentimental and strangely retro Dick-and-Jane-y way."
"Help! Mom! There are Liberals under my bed!"
"If only this were a joke, but it’s not. This adorable little book which recasts liberals as the monsters that children find under their beds is described as “a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism.” What are those valuable lessons, you ask? Namely, that liberals will ruin your life! “Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland.”
Why Mommy is a Democrat
"In the book, the words "Democrat" and "good person" seem to be used synonymously and interchangeably, and the illustrations--oh! the illustrations!--featuring what I can only conclude are meant to be squirrels (although they look more like antennaed aliens to me)--are quite stupendously hideous in a sentimental and strangely retro Dick-and-Jane-y way."
