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Indecision 2012 for Kids
A local author translates election drama and rhetoric into entertaining children's literature.
By Seattle Mag September 20, 2012
This article originally appeared in the October 2012 issue of Seattle magazine.
As the political fur flies this month, insert a little levity into the conversation with Mount Baker author Ben Clanton’s book, Vote for Me!, in which a donkey and an elephant duke it out in a familiar blue and red rivalry. The rhetoric accelerates to a mudslinging climax of self-promotion (“How can you NOT vote for someone as adorable as me?”), bribery (“If you vote for ME, I’ll give you a sucker!”) and name-calling (“Dim-witted dolt!” “Belching beast of burden!”), before the candidates sheepishly apologize for their boorish behavior.
Ages 4 and older; $16.95. Available at Secret Garden Books (Ballard; 2214 NW Market St.; 206.789.5006; secretgardenbooks.com), Island Books (Mercer Island, 3014 78th Ave. SE; 206.232.6920; mercerislandbooks.com) and The Elliott Bay Book Company (Capitol Hill, 1521 Tenth Ave.; 206.624.6600; elliottbaybook.com).
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