Outside The Lines? 9/11 Coloring Book Seeks To Tell Kids 'Truth' About Terrorism

[meegbear]

First, they brought you a tea party coloring book. Now the publisher is back with more fun for the whole family.

Just in time for the 10th anniversary of September 11, Really Big Coloring Books, Inc., has released "We Shall Never Forget 9/11" -- a "serious children's book," according to the release. In the book, kids will learn "what happens when a terrorist who orders others to bomb our peace loving wonderful nation" and that "terrorism is human made and is very old; it comes in people of all shapes, sizes, and colors."

Really Big Coloring Books publisher Wayne Bell told TPM that when children are exposed to the events on 9/11 -- usually through two-hour specials on cable news -- there is a sense of "fright" that the events are ongoing.

The coloring book, Bell said, is "basically a representation of what happened" on 9/11. "It's a clean, honest read," he said. "It's not degrading or anything like that.'

The book carries a "PG" rating, and there is one page that depicts the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. The image shows a Navy SEAL firing at bin Laden.

Bell said people's feedback to that page has been positive. Parents tell him that when they show their kids that image, they understand that "we got him."

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http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/outside-the-lines-911-coloring-book-seeks-to-tell-kids-truth-about-terrorism.php?ref=fpb

[Enrique]

1. looks like a crappy coloring book

too many words, for one thing.

[Scurrilous]

2. Should be a big hit with the kids.

:crazy:

[stockholmer]

3. the story about about bin Laden using wife as a shield is pure bullshit, debunked psy-ops

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8489658/Osama-bin-Laden-was-not-armed-and-did-not-use-wife-as-human-shield.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/bin-ladens-wives-children-arrested-in-raid--1-son-killed/2011/05/02/AFwSTuZF_blog.html

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/administration_backs_off_tale_of_osama_bin_laden_using_wife_as_human_shield.php

[leveymg]

4. Kids - Shoot the bad man with a Crayon! He reads too much,

which must be the source of his evil thoughts.

Become a good Rhodesian soldier, like the one in the drawing. Ask Dad to buy you a gun.

[RC]

5. When ever I see the "Truth about 9/11", I just know it will be nothing but lies

that support the conservative reality challenged view points.

[Heidi]

6. Because there's nothing a kid loves more than a lecture. (nt)

[Wait Wut]

7. This should be considered child abuse.

Indoctrination, brain-washing, propaganda, racism, bigotry...

Fuck this sick shit. I'm emailing my kid the link to see what he and his buddies think about some douchebag glorifying war and violence to little kids. When I was out there last fall, we had a huge bbq with Marines in the neighborhood. I noticed none of their kids had guns or were playing "army" like I did when I was little. I asked my kid about it and he looked at a buddy of his, "Hey John...why doesn't your son play with guns?" John, "Because guns and war aren't a game." Several others nodded and voiced support.

Maybe I should send those Marines over to the offices of "Really Big Coloring Books".