![]() ![]() How does one turn the Russiagate saga into a children’s book? Transpose it to a medieval kingdom called the Land of the Free, toss in multiple puns - the knights’ shields read “MKGA” - and cast the political players as heroes and villains. “Let’s put this amazing book in every school in America,” Trump posted on Truth Social when it came out. Its goal is something bigger: to become a literary hub for the wee and anti-woke, searing a conservative viewpoint - and, sometimes, conservative talking points - into the youngest minds.Īnd last spring, in its biggest splash so far, the company published former Donald Trump defense aide Kash Patel’s The Plot Against the King, a storybook about the Steele dossier. ![]() As a political allegory, the story leaves certain issues unaddressed: What happens if the hyenas get their paws on military-grade coconuts? Would background checks make it harder for hyenas to get cannons in the first place? But Brave Books, with its growing catalog of brightly-colored paperbacks, isn’t aiming for nuanced arguments. That’s the message, at least, in Paws Off My Cannon, a children’s book co-written by former National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch and published by a year-old Texas company called Brave Books. The best way to stop a bad cartoon animal with a gun is with a good cartoon animal with a gun. ![]() When the cannon-control advocates get pelted with coconuts in a hyena attack, Bongo pulls out his arsenal and shows them the error of their ways. To make matters worse, Bongo wants to shoot the invaders with his own coconut cannon, but some of his peacenik animal neighbors want to outlaw all cannons, instead. First, a group of hyenas armed with coconut cannons is invading his village and snatching the residents’ cupcakes. ![]()
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