Torrance executive says he sees too many children's books with liberal views.

[Kat 333]

Publisher aims to teach kids right from left

A Torrance executive says he sees too many children's books with liberal views. His titles aim to tilt the shelves the other way.

PUBLISHING executive Eric Jackson's first foray into children's books was a cartoon tale of two brothers and a lemonade stand.

Hoping to earn money for a swing set, young Tommy and Lou squeeze lemons until their little hands ache. But they are thwarted by broccoli-pushing, camera-hogging, Jesus-hating liberals who pile on taxes and regulations and drive the boys out of business.

The book, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!," came out two years ago. Jackson said it sold nearly 30,000 copies, which in the publishing world made it a bona fide hit. That success reinforced Jackson's view that the nation's bookshelves had tilted way too far left and that a correction was in order.

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CHILDREN, he complained, are bombarded with tree-hugger propaganda: SUVs are bad. ExxonMobil is worse. Polar bears are drowning. The planet needs saving, and fast.

Jackson's response: Stop stressing.

He doesn't buy the international scientific consensus that human activity — chiefly the burning of fossil fuels — is causing the planet to warm. President Bush on Thursday tempered his hesitation on the issue, urging global curbs on pollutants.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kidbooks1jun01,0,7059853.story


:scared:

[teach1st]

1. A few of Jackson's new titles

Horton Deports a Who
Capitalist Eggs and Ham
The Little Engine That Outsourced

[rpannier]

2. 30,000 huh?

scaife must have another house that he needed insulated.

[kineneb]

3. another teacher of hate

now let me get this straight...all these RW/"Christians" are against stewardship of the earth and treating all people with respect...did they not read the OT and Synoptic Gospels? A good steward cares for the land and animals on it, so that future generations inherit a healthy place to live. Gee, even the U. Methodists preach that in their sermons (and on their website)... are they not "Christians"?*



*disclaimer: I play music for a U. Methodist church, even though I observe the tenants of Buddhism.