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D Is for Democracy: A Citizen's Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets)

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Clearly written by Elissa Grodin and distinctively illustrated by Victor Juhasz, D Is For Democracy is not an ordinary alphabet book. Each letter is associated with a word or concept associated with democratic government, such as J is for Judicial branch, and a simple poem (J is for Judicial branch - / For justice, judge, and jury. / Those who do not break the law / never have to worry) - but in addition, a much more extensive sidebar appropriate for young folks of grade school reading level and up explains in-depth the value of the idea to a pluralistic, representative society, such as how the Brown v. Board of Education judicial case brought a landmark change in America when the Supreme Court ruled segregation to be unconstitutional. Kindly color illustrations of our nations' institutions at work bring the points to life in D Is For Democracy, a picturebook worthy of the highest recommendation.

It is imperative for parents to read and discern literature before children do. I give credit to the author for writing a book about deomcracy, but D is for Democracy has subtle liberal undertones (especially in the illustrations). Underneath the surface, the leftist agenda is pushing for Communism...an enemy of Democracy. PARENTS BEWARE! Know what your children are reading. Teach them to love LIBERTY everyday, lest the liberal socialist agenda deceive their minds and continue to pluck away freedom after freedom. Children should long after the American Dream that they can work hard, pursue their dreams, and be whatever they want to be because of the FREEDOM that is unique only to America. Give them the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, With My Rifle By My Side: A Second Amendment Lesson, American Soldier Proud and Free, and great biographies of the Founding Fathers and their families...but please, leave D is for Democracy on the library bookshelf.