Help! Mom! Hollywood's in My Hamper! (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Jim Hummel (Illustrator)
Key Phrases: Butter Boots

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Janie and Sam were happy just being kids -- that is, until celebrities started popping out of their hamper to tell them how to behave and to sell them expensive clothes. With Hollywood and its friends in the liberal media declaring war on traditional values, what's a concerned parent to do? It's "Help! Mom!" to the rescue! This hilarious sequel to "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" reunites gifted storyteller Katharine DeBrecht with award-winning illustrator Jim Hummel for another small lesson in conservatism.

From the Publisher

Liberals, your days of pumping left-wing books into our kids' classrooms and libraries unchallenged are over -- "Help! Mom!" is back. And this time, she's putting your know-it-all Hollywood friends in their place!

This sequel to the 2005 best-seller "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" is not only the perfect book for parents who want to teach their kids about traditional values, it's also a humorous read for adults. (Or at least the 99% of adults who couldn't care less about gay cowboy movies or Barbra Streisand's blog.)

The dimmest bulbs of Tinseltown -- Daisy Smears, Rayonna, Barbara Buttersand, Sean Penny, Oh! Prah, Ben Aflac, Larry Queen, Whoopie, and "Toenailology" Tom -- are all here in this hilarious full-color book. And, along with their media friends Katie Curtain, Michael Maroon, and unemployed Dan, they've never been funnier!

Of course, no "Help! Mom!" book would be complete without a pants-suit clad Hillary stirring up trouble. This time she joins her Hollywood pals to tell children what to do and decide what’s best for families.

In this age of celebrity worship, this book is a must for every kid who needs to learn that sometimes celebrities don't know best. Find out for yourself why Rush Limbaugh proclaimed, "Our hats are off to Katharine DeBrecht, author of 'Help! Mom!'" Order a copy of this educational and entertaining book today.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 56 pages
• Publisher: Kids Ahead; 1st edition (March 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976726912
• ISBN-13: 978-0976726913
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #406,588 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining follow-up . . . , June 21, 2007

By	David Zampino "21st Century Hobbit" (Delavan, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

. . . to the first "Help! Mom!" book, taking on the subject of the Hollywood Elite, and their influence on what passes for "pop culture" today.

The heroines of this book learn (the hard way) that following the latest trends to come out of Hollywood is not only futile -- but silly -- and that many of the so-called "Hollywood Elites" do take precisely the attitudes which are parodied in this book.

Not quite as funny as the first book (a not uncommon problem with sequels) but nevertheless well worth the purchase price.

As an aside, the tone of many of the reviews for both this book and its predecessor (to say nothing of the tenor of the comments) makes me want to suggest a follow-up title, to wit: "Help! Mom! The Secular Progressives Have No Sense Of Humor!"

Highly recommended!

14 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Illustrations are rather fun but the story dissapointed me., March 14, 2006

By	lighten_up_already2 "lighten_up_already2" (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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I appreciate what the author is trying to accomplish, and I can't say I know how I would relate the evils of Hollywood's values, or lack thereof, to children between four and eight years old.

That said, I found the story disappointing because it consumed page after page but didn't really go anywhere. One parody of a celebrity after another appears in a child's bedroom closet and talks children into buying ridiculous clothing items for large amounts of money. The children find out at the end that they have a lot of ridiculous clothing, no money, no more babysitting job, and thus they can't buy what they really wanted to buy in the first place.

It's a narrow, repetitive story with an anticlimactic ending. I guess I just expected more since I own the first book in this "Help, Mom.." series and it seemed to deal with liberals in a much broader, though stereotypical, way than this book dealt with Hollywood.

38 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You've Got To Be Carefully Taught, March 15, 2006

By	TipONeill (Columbus, GA USA) - See all my reviews

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught

- Oscar Hammerstein (damn librul)