Mrs. Anchovy
As an American (Californian) parent of a home-schooled child, I was starting to create my book list for this upcoming school semester (6th grade) when I came across this book. I did not search for politics, Trump, presidency, Cheetos, etc. My search was: Great American Classic Books and Reading for Sixth Grade Students. When I saw this book, I assumed it was scholarly due to the other books in the suggested list. I then did research on this book, I spent about 90 minutes reviewing the content and others' opinions. My take is this: The book is for adults, not children. Marketing this as a cartoon-type illustration with "child" in the title is misleading and could be very dangerous as children take everything literally until the age of six. I'm sure the author knows this if their in the business of writing children's books. The blatant disrespect is appalling. I have an idea, how about we teach our children to critically think and how to differentiate between fact and fiction. Oh, and bullying... and racism. If you read this book to your child, you should have your children taken away. This is purposeful brainwashing and mental abuse.
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Salmon 42 Times
Here's the thing about Trump- I don't like him.That being said, simply because someone writes a book with a similar opinion to mine, doesn't mean that it's a good book. For starters: This book is clearly not intended for children. It's a satire. I find it bewildering how so few people could even be bothered to entertain such a concept. I also have my doubts that many of the people in the comments read it. That being said, you probably shouldn't read it, if you're thinking about it. It's short, but it's a waste of time. It's not original- in any way. It's just rehashing the same concepts that we've already heard all about. Frankly, I'm growing tired of it. The humor, in my opinion, is distasteful and immature. It's simple mockery which does nothing to progress our understanding on the current political climate. It makes no attempt at conjuring some larger statement other than "Trump is bad". As citizens, it's our duty to not only adequately express our opinions, but to remain open and to attempt to understand the views of the other side- regardless of how much you may disagree and find their actions repulsive. Books and similar political satires of this vein should make us not only laugh, but reflect. We should say, "Are our actions representing what we claim to believe?". This piece does nothing more than throw fuel on the fire, and the majority of other comments I'm seeing are perfect showcases of that. We're adults. We can do better than this. We have the capability to express more than "This is bad. Agree with me.". All that being said, I'd be remiss if I neglected to mention that the rhyming scheme and flow is incredibly smooth. The author is clearly a talented individual, I just wish they spent their time on a more thought-provoking piece- seeing as they want to delve into politics.
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Bea Ross
It’s sad what we’ve come to. People will use any ploy to take a jab at each other. I love humor, and I can get a chuckle from this, if it wasn’t so ill intended and transparent. Oh well. Just another piece of denigration and hate promoting trash in the bad writing heap. Keep up the good work. It has the opposite desired effect. Many have expressed their dislike for using such low tactics. Now that’s funny indeed.