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Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed!

By Katharine DeBrecht

Illustrations by Jim Hummel

Published by World Ahead Publishing

The whole idea of doing these book reviews is to get ordinary people like me to read a book and tell you what I think of it.  I am not giving an overview but instead an opinion on this.  So without further adieu…

This book is not for children.  Would teens enjoy it?  Maybe…  Would some adults enjoy it?  It might be good for a laugh but it is not really something I would use to teach my children about conservatism or how the liberals in Washington work.  It is really much like the gift books that you might pick up for a conservative friend to inspire a laugh or two.  It is a gag book of sorts.  It is a bit too mean spirited for me to use with my children.  I did allow my 12 year old to read it.  He listens to Rush Limbaugh with me from time to time so he “got it” but did not really learn anything from it.  He thought it was funny and that it poked fun at liberals as did I. 

The illustrations are good for a laugh with its catchy store signs and caricatures of famous liberal figures in Washington and congress.  This is really not something I would pick up and buy.  You can check it out for yourselves at Amazon, though.  You may feel differently…