>Oops! I did it again

by Roger Sutton
Aug 10, 2007 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Via a colleague, I was recently warned by someone "just trying to be helpful" to refrain from political commentary on this blog. The thinking was that making fun of Republicans was not good for children's books, the one place, apparently, where we all get along.

And children's books have certainly been good to the Republicans. Just ask Mrs. Voldemort. And now Laura Bush is getting into the act. But I have just a small friendly suggestion. Really. Kids who don't like to read hate books that tell them "books can be a lot of fun." (Kids who do like to read hate them, too.) To them, it's just another instance of grownups telling them how wrong they are. As my "helpful" correspondent pointed out, nobody likes to hear that.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Posted : May 29, 2008 01:10

Brian Floca

>“Torn apart by your rapier wit! Nicely played, old man, nicely played!”

Who’s writing this stuff, Captain Hook? En garde! Actually, I remember stealing that rapier wit line from a friend in high school and back then at least it worked like a charm. Glad to see that there’s still some respect for the classics! Anyway, look, the point, Anon, no pun intended, is that you may have some things to say but it’s hard to see what they are for all of the (surely gratifying) anonymous outrage. Rein it in and make an argument.

Posted : Aug 23, 2007 06:46

Roger Sutton

>You weep . . . sweet Jesus. All I can tell you is to pull out a hanky, dry those tears, and read the Horn Book. THEN we'll talk.

Posted : Aug 22, 2007 09:10

Anonymous

>Ann Coulter would tell you to grow a pair.

Nice try, Rog, but I think Ann Coulter is nuts. So are you, apparently, if this your idea of discourse.

Why attack a politician's wife just because you disagree with the politician in question? Who are you trying to impress?

I'd tell you to stick to writing what you know about, but I'm not quite sure what that is. (It's not the ability to string together coherent thoughts, certainly.)

I weep for the Horn Book and the children's authors who have to hew to your ideological line to get published in it. Pathetic.

Posted : Aug 22, 2007 03:01

Roger Sutton

>You haven't made any points. You've called me a smug, bow-tie wearing liberal, which is a more or less accurate observation but not a point. You call me an academic, not true, and, again, not a point. You think I shouldn't make an HP allusion because I'm not a fan. If that's your point, it's a dumb one: did Khomeini's calling the U.S. "the Great Satan" make him a Satanist? Otherwise, you've just heaped scorn on other commentors and whined about being oppressed by liberals. Ann Coulter would tell you to grow a pair.

Posted : Aug 22, 2007 12:38

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