Today I begin with a question, then give my impression of the answer. After those, please evaluate the piece that follows.
Q: Who are most likely to use sticker books and paper dolls?
A: Small children
Dover Publications' New Book Catalog, Winter 2010, has offerings I find objectionable.
Page 40 advertises Guitar Rock Star Sticker Activity Book and Rock Band Sticker Activity Book. Do you want your small children taught to revere rock bands/stars? Before answering consider the antics of some of the more notorious.
On page 41 is found available Michael Jackson Paper Dolls, Commemorative Edition 1958-2009. The description invites one to "relive each era of the King of Pop's Life," and I wonder if these include the sundry pedophile adventures and ultimate death by drugs. Once again, parents, would you want your child to admire and venerate such a person? If you don't maintain standards of decency for your children, who will, their schools? :-)
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