Marx in a children's book

[citizen of industry]

So I was reading a story to my kid he picked from the library and turned to this page. Check out what papa cat is reading:laugh:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1166&pictureid=9575

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1166&pictureid=9576

[Jimmie Higgins]

Ha, ha. Those illustrations look familiar - what's the book? Did they do a "Reading Rainbow" episode with it? Proof that PBS is indoctrinating children with radicalism!:lol:

[The Jay]

This is why all Republicans like dogs.

[cynicles]

Who is the author and where can I get a copy?

[citizen of industry]

The title is "I Don't Feel Well" by Franz Brandenburg. But it has nothing to do with Marx. It's about a sick cat, whose sister is jealous of the attention he receives while she has to go to school, until she gets sick and is jealous that her brother is able to go to school. Then they make a snack for their parents once they are both better. My kid only picked it because he's been sick this week.

Then I noticed papa cat getting his study of Capital interrupted by milk and cookies. I wonder what he's into :-) The illustrator must have slipped it in there. Made my day.

[cynicles]

Clearly the book is a commentary on the bourgeios roots of jealousy in capitalist society.

[citizen of industry]

Yeah but don't read too much into it. Kids at that age barely follow the storyline, let alone grasp the "moral," as they are still learning the language. The book itself was published in the 70's and English is a second language for my son. I make him get one English book for every two in his first language. The English section is hopelessly outdated and falling apart. The only good stuff is Dr. Suess and Eric Carlyle.

[cynicles]

Yeah but don't read too much into it. Kids at that age don't really follow the storyline, let alone grasp the "moral." The book itself was published in the 70's and English is a second language for my son. I make him get one English book for every two in his first language. The English section is hopelessly outdated and falling apart. The only good stuff is Dr. Suess and Eric Carlyle.

Which I'm guessing someone always has checked out when you get there and your left to scrounge through the carrion! Atleast that's what always happened to me as a child.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Yeah but don't read too much into it. Kids at that age barely follow the storyline, let alone grasp the "moral," as they are still learning the language. The book itself was published in the 70's and English is a second language for my son. I make him get one English book for every two in his first language. The English section is hopelessly outdated and falling apart. The only good stuff is Dr. Suess and Eric Carlyle.
No Shel Silverstein?!

[citizen of industry]

No Shel Silverstein?!

They have everything, just not in English.

[Zealot]

This is obviously a Communist conspiracy to indoctrinate children.

[Red Commissar]

This is obviously a Communist conspiracy to indoctrinate children.

Duh, Cultural Marxism is a real thing! :lol:

[∞]

Cats are revolutionaries who are willing to make the demands to their bourgeoisie owners. Dogs are the brainwashed masses. Only hope is revolutionary euthanasia.

[The Jay]

Cats are revolutionaries who are willing to make the demands to their bourgeoisie owners. Dogs are the brainwashed masses. Only hope is revolutionary euthanasia.

Exactly, remember Animal Farm? Dogs were the reason that the Revolution was corrupted. Without dogs Animalism will take it's intended course.

[Peoples' War]

Remember Maus though!? perhaps this is secretly an anti-marxist jab, equating us to nazis!

[cynicles]

This is obviously a Communist conspiracy to indoctrinate children.

Now there's a conspiracy I can get behind!

[Yuppie Grinder]

that's pretty rad

[Jimmie Higgins]

The title is "I Don't Feel Well" by Franz Brandenburg. But it has nothing to do with Marx. It's about a sick cat, whose sister is jealous of the attention he receives while she has to go to school, until she gets sick and is jealous that her brother is able to go to school. Then they make a snack for their parents once they are both better. My kid only picked it because he's been sick this week.

Then I noticed papa cat getting his study of Capital interrupted by milk and cookies. I wonder what he's into :-) The illustrator must have slipped it in there. Made my day.

I just looked up the book on Amazon.com and the illustrator's name is Aliki and she/he has worked on a few books with that same author. I find it stranger that they put that in a children's book than if they had slipped a reference into a YA or general audience novel where there's more room to hide funny little "Easter eggs". I wonder if the illustrator did it and just thought it was funny or if the author requested that the character read that or what? It's not like they could just slip it in without the author or publishers catching it - I don't think that would be possible anyway.

If you're looking for leftist illustrated books, might I suggest:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/61438181/if-you-give-a-gay-mouse-a-cookie
http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5274106/il_570xN.191592672.jpg

http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5274106/il_570xN.191592673.jpg

[ВАЛТЕР]

This is part of our secret conspiracy, keep it on the low dawg.