The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children's Literature

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Review: Anti-Catholic bias and 'curious' perspective on the "Civil War." : The authors of this volume have chosen to emphasize books with a strong anti-Catholic bias. For example, the book "Queen of the Reformation" is given prominence (on page 138) with a drawing of a bishop accompanied by the following: "In a half-scream, she continued: 'We can no longer suffer the serpent to creep through the field of the Lord. The books of Martin Luther are to be examined and burned.'" I am surprised the authors did not also recommend the anti-Catholic fantasies of Jack Chick. Also of concern might be the prominence given by the authors to southern heroes of the "War between the States." (I am surprised they did not call it "The War of Northern Aggression.") Four books on Robert E. Lee are listed but not one on Ulysses S. Grant. No doubt heroes and villains were to be found on both sides, but the recommended reading here leans southward. Parents looking for lists of books for their children would do better to consult those at the end of Michael D. O'Brien's "A Landscape with Dragons." "The Book Tree" is a "Christian" reference in only the most distorted sense of the word.