Friday, August 10, 2007
Ha!
Roger Sutton has the last word on politicians (or, you know, their wives, because kids' books are really women's work) writing children's books. Too funny.
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I read this a while ago and just howled. I must admit to looking at the descriptions of conservative books. Do parents really read thse to their kids?!
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