{"id":108268,"date":"2021-12-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=108268"},"modified":"2021-12-17T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T03:01:02","slug":"10-conservative-books-to-buy-for-children-this-christmas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/10-conservative-books-to-buy-for-children-this-christmas-part-1","title":{"rendered":"10 Conservative Books to Buy for Children This Christmas: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Daily Wire<\/em>\u2019s Matt Walsh has written a children\u2019s book targeting radical transgender ideology, and it almost broke the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, not really. But it did hit number 1<\/a> and then sell out on Amazon within a matter of hours, though you can still reserve your copy here<\/a>. Johnny the Walrus<\/em> details the story of a young boy with a fanciful imagination who pretends to be a number of things, including, one day, a walrus. His mother recognizes that he is still just a boy, but is pressured by her friends to \u201ctransition\u201d him into living as a walrus. As one can imagine, this doesn\u2019t work so well, and the book serves as a powerful (and, according to Tucker Carlson, hilarious) antidote to the dozens if not hundreds of pro-gender ideology children\u2019s books now on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wild success of Johnny the Walrus<\/em> should be a lesson to publishers and booksellers alike that there is indeed a large market for children\u2019s books with more conservative or wholesome messages. Not everyone wants their children reading Heather Has Two Mommies<\/a> <\/em>or I Am Jazz<\/a><\/em>. As a mother of four, I\u2019ve read my fair share of both really good and really awful children\u2019s books, and I\u2019ve compiled a short list of books I believe to be worth reading for the conservative values they endorse. This is by no means a comprehensive list; it\u2019s simply a list of things that both I and my children have enjoyed, with story lines that teach true character. It is organized into a list of ascending maturity level, with the first being more appropriate for very small children, and the latter for elementary or older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Guess How Much I Love You<\/a> (Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than anything, children need to know they are loved and treasured by their parents, particularly in a world that preaches that family is whatever you make it. This story of a father\u2019s love for his little bunny is distinct, for one, because it does focus on the father\u2019s<\/em> love, but also because it emphasizes that the father loves his son more than the son can ever, ever imagine. (It is also a good metaphor for Our Lord\u2019s love for His children, which is truly unfathomable.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Giraffes Can\u2019t Dance<\/a> (Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this fun story, Gerald the Giraffe doesn\u2019t fit in at the jungle dance, because his long, lanky features make it difficult for him to dance well. \u201cGiraffes can\u2019t dance, you silly fool,\u201d the animals tell him. But when Gerald creeps off, dejected and heartbroken, into the jungle, the cricket points him to the beauty of the moon and tells him to find his own music: \u201cSometimes when you\u2019re different, you just need a different tune.\u201d It\u2019s a story of diversity, to be sure, but in the best possible sense. Gerald never stops being a giraffe. In fact, it is because he is a giraffe that he doesn\u2019t quite fit in. Instead, he learns to dance to a new tune, and the other animals recognize the beauty of his dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Horton Hears a Who<\/a> (Dr. Seuss)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one book that survived the Seuss estate\u2019s decision earlier this year to pull a number of the famed children\u2019s author\u2019s works from circulation due to their \u201cracist images<\/a>.\u201d The book tells the story of Horton, an elephant, who discovers a tiny, tiny population of \u201cWho\u2019s\u201d living on a clover, and decides it is his job to save them. \u201cA person\u2019s a person, no matter how small,\u201d is his rallying cry throughout. A number of pro-life groups have gone so far as to claim that Seuss himself had expressly pro-life intentions when he wrote the book. (At least one story circulating is that Seuss was actually criticizing the American occupation of Japan.) Whatever the author\u2019s original intent, the book is a charming story of the value of each and every human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) The Berenstain Bears books<\/a> (Stan and Jan Berenstain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This famous series holds a boatload of pro-family and positive life messages for small children. The Bear family learns about things like honesty, manners, politeness, neatness, moving, greed, and many, many others. What I particularly love about this series is that the life lessons generally come from the parents and the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Frog and Toad series<\/a> (Arnold Lobel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to messages about family love, children need to hear stories about abiding friendship. Frog and Toad are such friends, and their adventures together make for excellent life lessons about how to maintain a true friendship. The books are also beautifully illustrated and written, with an expansive vocabulary sure to help expose little ones to new and lovely language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once again, this is not meant to be a comprehensive or perfect list\u2014just some ideas. Tune in soon for the remaining five! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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