Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories book cover

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

Hardcover – April 1, 2012

Price
$19.94
Format
Hardcover
Pages
86
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0285640412
Dimensions
5 x 0.5 x 7.25 inches
Weight
3.2 ounces

Description

"It's hilarious!"xa0 —Bill Clinton, on previous edition"Classic fairy tales updated for the twenty first century. . . . Filled with plenty of chuckleworthy humor for kids and adults." —www.MidwestBookReview.com James Finn Garner is a writer and broadcaster with a background in improvisational comedy. He is the author of several books including Apocalypse Wow, Once Upon a More Enlightened Time , Politically Correct Holiday Stories , and Recut Madness . He lives in Chicago.

Features & Highlights

  • In a collection guaranteed to provoke both laughter and thought, 14 timeless fairy tales are revisited and reworked to become relevant fables for more modern times. These hilarious adaptations satirize and sanitize the sexist, racist, nationalist, ageist, sizeist, ethnocentrist, and phallocentrist biases of classic bedtime stories. Familiar exploits of beloved characters are related from a respectful, prejudice-free perspective: the Emperor is no longer naked in his new clothes but “is endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle,” Snow White escapes to the cottage of “seven vertically-challenged men,” and Goldilocks is an ambitious scientist studying anthropomorphic bears. With a redesigned jacket and a previously unpublished story, this expanded edition is sure to appeal to readers of multiple generations who find political correctness is as topical as ever.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Finally, a non-controversial book to read my parents to sleep!

At last! In my attempt to modernize my parents (especially my white cis hetero father) and teach them valuable lessons that they can use in life, I have found this book! I was a bit on edge, as I'm sure you can imagine, when purchasing this book. I had my concerns that this work, though it is advertised to be "politically correct", would still contain some offensive material that would scandalize a womon, such as myself, but none were found as I glanced through each of the beautifully politically-correct stories in this marvelous collection! Finally I can teach my cis-white-father how to properly respect all people (especially us womyn) as I read him to sleep every night! No other book could compare to this masterfully rewritten mistresspiece! Thank you so much James Finn Garner (though I do forgive you for being a man, and I'm ever so proud of you for attempting to rectify your gender's mistakes through this obvious CORRECTION to the original tales that were all written by oppressive white-cis-males!) for this book, and I'll be sure to pass it backwards for my father to read to his father so that we can all learn how to be politically-correct in such a trying day and age! Goddess bless you (and I say that figuratively, obviously, since I do not subscribe to such archaic oppressive male-enforced ideas such as religion, though if there were a supreme being, she would be female).
7 people found this helpful
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Amusing altered fairy tales

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories is a collection of fairy tales and poems made hilariously politically correct. Some are changed better (and are more funny) than others. It is a fun, quick read. I recommend it!
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Adult bed time!

The rhetoric in this book is superb! I love how many stabs are taken against the absurdity of modern society. Definite great book for adult bed time stories.
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Don't even bother

I believe this was meant not as a way of ridiculing PC, but rather an attempt at humor that falls flat. It's not even funny. I can actually imagine it working as a stage production, but after a few paragraphs, you've gotten the idea, perhaps smiled once, and you've had enough. Browse through someone's copy and you'll've gotten the idea.
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I got one as a gift and fell in love. I have ordered them for gifts

Delightful book! I got one as a gift and fell in love. I have ordered them for gifts. So very funny!
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Five Stars

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I'd owned & lent out, my 1st edition of ...

I'd owned & lent out, my 1st edition of this book. Never saw the book, again. But, this 20th anniversary edition(w/ an additional P.C. story)makes up for it. A tremendous read from a tremendous author.
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Main character Sarcasm abound

Holy s*** is this book amazing. I was smiling and laughing 90% of the time. Cinderella is the best.
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Think twice.

Not as good as his Christmas book. We're actually sorry we bought this one.
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Bushwaw to the idea of "politically correct!"

A hoot. Must be kept for future family.