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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
No, we’re not advocating one party over another — we just thought this “children’s” book was particularly hilarious. From its illustration of wealthy people ignoring a homeless man (pictured below) to its rendering of a large elephant protecting children from a pervert, it’s at least as fair and balanced as its other-side-of-the-aisle counterpart, Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! But regardless of how your kids lean politically, we thought you’d enjoy a few colorful samples of pre-K voter outreach — preferably with a glass of warm milk just before naptime.
More gut-busting kiddie-ganda after the jump …
I love that the thing the Democratic squirrel is keeping her children safe from is… an elephant.
posted by Mary on 11-8-2006 at 9:01 am
That’s hilarious! I think adults would get more of a kick out of those books than kids.
posted by Heather on 11-8-2006 at 4:37 pm
Hahah those are too funny! I bet mommy squirrel never explains where the money for these things will come from does she? Who is that creepy homeless guy in the background of every page?
posted by Jarred Hanson on 11-8-2006 at 7:38 pm
And on the other side, you have Russell the Republican.
The creepy homeless guy is the white male who’s been disenfranchised and discounted due to all the affirmative action. Or maybe he’s just a guy hanging around waiting for his government-allotted handout.
posted by Alice H on 11-8-2006 at 8:34 pm
Or maybe, the homeless guy once owned a litle business in town but got squeezed out by Wal Mart and the other big corporate conservative giants, hence the elephant about to run him over. I definetly see the Mom protecting the kids from the greedy, excessive, too big for its own good Republican figure.
Funny stuff.
posted by Jeff on 11-9-2006 at 8:11 am
Books like these were mandatory first-grade reading in Argentina under president Perón. They read something like “Juan and Juana are Peronists. They voted Perón.” “Evita [Perón] is good. Evita loves all children.”
posted by anon on 6-25-2007 at 3:13 pm