Kids Are Americans Too by Bill O'reilly, Charles Flowers Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Kids Are Americans Too
Book Review: Trite
Summary: 1 Stars
Let's face it, Bill O'Reilly knows what he is doing. He writes and says incendiary things to keep the pot stirring. When O'Reilly stirs things up, O'Reilly makes money. Controversy is his bread and butter. It looks to me that like Mr O'Reilly needs some more bread. Which leads us to this book.
I read this book and found it to be trite, and oversimplified. It wasn't particularly well-written, and anyone who has made it past fourth grade could probably finish reading it in less than ninety minutes.
If you, or your children don't know anything about the rights that you enjoy as an American citizen, you really need to pick up a different book than this one. Better yet, pay attention in school... you'd do much better than this sorry spectacle of a book, which is designed to fuel Mr. O'Reilly's "right" to lift the cash out of your pocket.
Don't waste your time... or your money.
Book Review: Intentions are Noble.
Summary: 5 Stars
You cannot always agree with Bill O'Reilly. But when it comes to kids, I personally think Bill's intentions are noble. And as a responsible father, I would gladly listen to his advice.
In "Who is looking out for you?", Bill asked every parent to remove the Television sets from their kids' bedrooms. At that time, I thought that was a very good message sent to all American parents from a very influential person. I don't know about others, but I took his advice seriously and never kept a TV (or a computer) in my kids' rooms. Although it may seem obvious, it strikes you when a celebrity ( rather arrogant one) tells you something useful.
Here is what Bill has to offer in his new book. He writes in his usual conversational prose targeting young adults.
On founding fathers:
"You've seen the marble busts and statues, the paintings of the very serious-looking old guys standing in great halls. Don't be fooled by how they look. Believe me, while they were Founding, the Fathers included brilliant thinkers, pains in the butt, more than one certifiable drunk, heroes who stood against the majority on principle, athletes (some of whom were skilled at chasing skirts), and speakers who could make the walls shake. In other words, this collection of true patriots (yes, I mean that term) was very, very human.
On kids' "rights": O'Reilly brings the example of Sean Gordon-Loeb of Stuyvesant High School, New York who negotiated his home work assignments for vacation periods ( rather than calling ACLU). Bill wants kids to avoid confrontation and settle for a balanced compromise, which I thought was a very good advice.
All in all, "Kids are Americans Too" is a worthy gift from an unexpected personality.
N.Sivakumar
Author of:
America Misunderstood: What a Second Bush Victory Meant to the Rest of the World
Book Review: inspiring for kids!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read this with my children (10 & 6), and we all thought it is fantastic. Great advice to kids on what it really means to be a proud, productive, grateful American. (Someone who would really trash this book either doesn't have children, has not read the book, or is just simply hateful toward Bill O'Reilly.)