How should we teach the events of 9/11 to small children? Wayne Bell, the publisher of Really Big Coloring Books Inc. has an answer:
A "graphic coloring novel" called We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids' Book of Freedom. The 36-page coloring book depicts the Twin Towers smoldering, survivors mourning the tragedy's victims, and a Navy SEAL shooting Osama bin Laden, who is (inaccurately) cowering behind a woman in a Muslim hijab. (See the image below.) Bell nevertheless claims it's "a very clean, honest read that does not shy away from the facts" about 9/11.
What do you think? Is it appropriate? Should 9/11 be memorialized in crayons? Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M
Just the idea of someone trying to make American children proud of their country's retaliation for any war is down right disgusting. Be proud of freedom and liberation, but never of death and murder.
It's just pure propaganda. You might as well have a colouring book of all the world war propaganda posters. Issue 1- colour the Hun! Issue 2- slap a sticker on a Jap! Fun for the whole family!
at least the majority will see this for what it is.
Just saying.
@Red>> Obvious troll is obvious. Either that or your an idiot. One of the two.
Um...you do realize that bombing campaigns in civilian areas kill children in large quantities right? Like in every war we've participated in? Then there's land mines, depleted uranium rounds, breakdown of civil order, etc etc.
Surely the most effective form of child killing is modern warfare.
It would be nice to have an intelligent conversation on this, rather than a series of knee-jerk reactions.
I imagine if I were being attacked in my home and one of my many wives was in front protecting me, I would have pretty much the same pose and look on my face. The picture is more of a testament to the courage, determination, and loyalty of one Muslim woman, defending her man despite the demeaning treatment she endured at his hands.
There, how's that?
That said. This is NOT a subject for a coloring book. Coloring books, are supposed to help with motor functions, and be a bright happy learning experience. To take away a childs Cars, or Tangled Coloring book, and to replace it with scenes of grief, violence, and politics, and present it as a fun, creative and artistic activity, falls into the land of desensitizing and brainwashing, and taking away some of the safety/security you are supposed to feel as a child, so you can grow up and be a well adjusted adult.
I'm sure this guy developed this book as a sensationalistic piece, to make money, and stir controversy, but for the parents who think it is a GOOD idea, you trouble me.