Help!!! There's an Elephant in My House!
Help!!! There's an Elephant in My House!
"With so many adults acting like children, a kids' book for grown-ups feels entirely appropriate right now."
—Anne Heche, actress, Six Days/Seven Nights, Wag the Dog, Psycho
About the Book
How did this happen? One minute our house felt so clean, tidy, and safe—and then suddenly, a giant elephant arrives and starts wrecking everything! He's smashing the walls! He's trampling the garden! He's breaking our piggy bank! He won't let some of our friends into the bathroom, and he's forcing others to stand outside the front door! He's polluting our drinking water! He's stinking up the air! He's destroying everything! Help!!! There's an Elephant in My House! is a children's book for adults who have had enough of the giant elephant and want to get him out of the house before he destroys everything!
About the Author
Onur Tukel is a filmmaker, painter, and author. He’s had two children’s books published, Little Friends and Rainstack! and has had numerous art shows. His film Catfight premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. He lives in Brooklyn.
Details
ISBN: 9781634311823
Format: hardcover
SRP: $15.95
Page count: 80 pages
Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pub date: October 2019
"Tukel is an anarchic force in the arts, and here, as always, he pushes us into uncomfortable spaces with his trademark mad gleam in his eyes."
—Daniel Kraus, author, Rotters, Trollhunters, The Shape of Water
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About the Book
At no time in history has the United States had such a high percentage of theocratic members of Congress—those who expressly endorse religious bias in law. Just as ominously, especially for those who share the values and views of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, at no other time have religious fundamentalists effectively had veto power over one of the country's two major political parties. As Sean Faircloth argues in this deeply sobering yet highly engaging book, this has led to the crumbling of the country's most cherished founding principle—the wall of separation between church and state.
While much of the public debate in the United States over church-state issues has focused on the construction of nativity scenes in town squares and the addition of "under God" to the Pledge, Faircloth, a former politician and current director of strategy and policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (U.S.), moves beyond the symbolism to explore the many ways federal and state legal codes privilege religion in law. He demonstrates in vivid detail how religious bias in law harms all Americans—financially, militarily, physically, socially, and educationally—and directs special attention to the outlandish words, views, and policy proposals of the most theocratic politicians, a group he labels the Fundamentalist Fifty. Sounding a much-needed alarm for all who care about the future direction of the country, Faircloth concludes by offering an inspiring ten-point vision of an America returned to its secular roots and by providing a specific and sensible plan for realizing this vision. Both his vision and his plan remember and remind that the United States is, above all else, one nation under the Constitution.
About the Author(s)
Sean Faircloth is the director of strategy and policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (US). He served for a decade in the Maine State Legislature, where he successfully spearheaded over thirty pieces of legislation. He was elected majority whip by his colleagues in his last term. Richard Dawkins (foreword by) is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University.
Details
ISBN: 9780984493258
Format: paperback
SRP: $14.95
Page count: 168 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Pub date: October 2012
Also available in hardcover (ISBN: 9780984493241; SRP: $21.95)