Conservative children’s book publisher Heroes of Liberty launched a campaign Monday to warn parents about potential indoctrination of their children that could be going on without their knowledge, and in their own homes.
Scholastic Corporation, which is connected to nearly every public school in the country, pushes young children toward “woke” literature, sometimes featuring themes concerning sexuality, critical race theory, LGBTQ, general anti-Americanism, and other left-wing ideals, Heroes of Liberty warns.
Heroes of Liberty editor and board member Bethany Mandel put the threat in dire terms in a video for the organization: “Our children’s souls are in danger,” she said.
“What’s happening in education isn’t the biggest problem,” Mandel said. “The biggest problem is our culture, or, to be more precise, our children’s bookshelves.”
“You may think that your children are safe from woke indoctrination at home, but they’re almost certainly not. Scholastic, a billion-dollar children’s book juggernaut, turned into the most dangerous in youth culture,” the mother explained. “We call it the Woketopus.”
The “Woketopus,” the group says, is how Scholastic uses its reach to end up in families’ homes, usually without parental knowledge.
“A normal publisher of woke children’s books finds it difficult to get poisonous books into your home,” Mandel explained. “They need to convince you to buy them. The Woketopus doesn’t need parents. It found a way to smuggle propaganda into your home right behind your back, from its perch in our schools.”
“Teachers recommend woke books to America’s next generation, and parents are not there to screen them,” the organization said.
Speaking to The Daily Wire, Mandel said Scholastic, aside from being a children’s book publisher, gains access to kids in two big ways: book clubs and book fairs.
“Teachers act as distributors of books that are included in the book clubs,” she said. “For every purchase the teachers get bonus points, they can use to get more books and educational materials from Scholastic.”
“Book fairs take place on school property and involve a selection of books that has been chosen by Scholastic, and include Scholastic books, and books of publishers that have been chosen by Scholastic,” Mandel explained.
“Classroom teachers in more than 90% of public and private elementary schools and early childhood directors nationwide actively use Scholastic Book Clubs to give all their students direct access to the best children’s books at affordable prices,” Scholastic’s website boasts. “A treasured classroom program, Scholastic Book Clubs helps teachers by providing a curated selection of top-quality, age-appropriate children’s books at great values. Students and their families are empowered to choose the books they will love to read from monthly catalogs, and teachers are rewarded with free books and resources—all delivered directly to their classrooms.”
Authored by Amanda Prestigiacomo via DailyWire
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