Two scary books--

[spindrifter]

yesterday someone posted a thread about the book Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed by Katharine DeBrecht. Being a responsible parent, I wanted to check out what kind of book this was, so I looked at reviews on www.amazon.com. I found all that I needed to know and noticed that there was a link to another "if you like this, then why not this other book": Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) by Robert Spencer. Holy ,moly! A compilation of rejoinders to the worth of Islam, explaining how fundies can come to the realization that the primarily Christian Middle East was taken over by Muslims prior to the Crusades.

Perhaps some of you have run across these two books in your literary grazing and have your own insights on them.

These two books certainly won't be on any gift lists in this family.

[BlueIris]

1. I kicked the Liberals Under My Bed amazon.com review around to every

blog, voter, and especially parent I could think of. To tell all to stay THE HELL AWAY FROM THOSE BOOKS. Good God. And seriously, that experience made me rethink my desire to work in children's publishing. Any librarian, parent or bookseller can tell you that the quality of children's books has massively declined in the last few years. Any and all aspiring writers should hook up with quality artists ASAP and try to stop the damage to young minds--especially when it takes the form of this crap.