For those of you with kids!
 

I haven' t been duck hunting in several years, but I thought I would post this on this forum. My son just got a book from a school book order called " The Magic Finger" by Roald Dahl. It is blatantly anti- hunting. The humans become ducks, and the ducks have the guns. The humans are told how the ducks have had all their children shot, etc. etc. The humans must promise not to shoot anything else, ducks, deer, etc. before ducks will stop threatening them with the guns. If you see this book anywhere, definitely do not buy it for your children. I will be contacting the book order company to protest this book, for what that will do.

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Good for you man, tell them that there are alot of hunters out there with alot of kids, and they will never get our business.

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The name says it all. I' d give the author the magic finger.

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Oh yeah, ill second that.

Thats too bad, i remember I used to read books by Dahl when I was younger. I always liked him as a writer.

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Or any book puplished by that company [>:] [:@][>:][:@]

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Joe, How about more info on this book company; name, address, website and email. A few hundred emails might give them something to think about.

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Westbronco:

Sorry for the delay. I did not see your ? until yesterday. I checked out their web site, and there was no e-mail address given. The address is below.

Scholastic Inc.
555 Broadway
New York, NY 10012-3999

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Joe, I just went to their website and found that we can email them using customer service as a parent. www.Scholastic.com They say they would welcome our comments, so let' s keep them civil and on target.

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It' s too bad books like that have to be published. [:' (][:@][X(] Makes me sick.[X(]

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Thanks, Westbronco.

They make it a little tricky, don' t they? I left a pointed, but polite message. Wonder what their response will be.

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My son is a member of the scholastic book club thru his school and I will be looking a lot close at the books he gets.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Joe, the following is the response I received from Scholastic:

Customer Service Message from a Parent ()
Please Note: Kindly include this message with any additional correspondence
you send to Customer Service in regard to this matter. Thank you!

Thank you for your recent comment regarding Scholastic materials. Customer
feedback - either negative or positive - is very important to us. I am
forwarding your comments to the Editorial / Marketing Offices located in our
main office in New York City.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to write us. If you should need
additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Customer Service
via phone or e-mail immediately.

Sincerely,
Jaime Sanders
Scholastic Customer Service
800-724-6527

At least we aren' t going to be ignored.

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I remember my teacher reading that too us in like 4th or 5th grade. I just remember sitting there thinking " Man, they are some bad shots if they can' t hit those ducks"

Yeah, the book is way anti-hunting and should be banned.

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Anything anti-hunting should not be published. They make a big deal about the slightest mention of god in school or witchcraft in books, what about anti-hunting? In my opinion that is just as bad!!![:@][X(][>:][:@][>:][X(]:(:(