Book buyers beware! by Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

 

Book buyers beware! by Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

The Scholastic Book Fair is an annual tradition in our public and private schools.

As students, teachers and parents of a bygone era may fondly recall looking forward to the Book Fairs which brought a bevy of books for them to peruse and eventually purchase for their home or classroom libraries.

Back then, there were no fears or worries about the content of the books, because Scholastic books featured age-appropriate, decent, and wholesome literature.

But now, unfortunately, there is a war on children, with their innocence and purity unsuspectingly being the major target of radicalized ideological companies, like Scholastic, intending to purposefully indoctrinate young, impressionable minds at the earliest possible age.

Scholastic is the largest children’s book publisher/distributer, easily infiltrating our schools with their hurtful and harmful hedonistic culture, because it proudly brandishes its long established brand to lull unsuspecting administrators, teachers and parents into complacency; just like the beloved Disney brand, which parents could once feel safe taking their kids to see their movies; now Disney flauntingly showcases less then suitable family-friendly films.

The Scholastic catalog features occultism, offensive language, sexually explicit behavior and violence.

According to the FBI, sexual predators “groom” children with explicit sexual images to remove natural defenses.

Instead of books being for reading enjoyment and entertainment, they are now utilized as manipulative tools for child exploitation, because sexual predators use these devious tactics to “groom” their intended victims.

The American College of Pediatricians states, “There is solid evidence that the sexualization of children through all forms of media leads to early sexual activity.”

We should not be in favor of banning books, boycotts or censorship; however, we should encourage and support an informed and vigilant citizenry safeguarding the hearts and minds of children; deciding which books are appropriate for children to read and which ones are not.

Putting the power of the parent’s pocketbook to protect the childhood of their children from exposure to perverse practices, not to be stolen by unscrupulous saboteurs; that’s the way our free market system works best.

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.