Very sad to see that.

Some of the Olivia books are Caldecott Medal receipants IIRC.

Frankly, I'm not that upset by their using HHMD to search for weapons. I would prefer that to the current scheme.

Not when you consider that most childrens' books have underlying messages that are supposed to make children more comfortable with their surroundings. If I child was frightened of getting on an airplane, I could see a parent finding relief in reading their child a book about a familiar character flying on an airplane.

2001 Honor Book : Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

Ouch! Check out the reviews at Amazon.com One of my favorites ^:

Falconer's gone mad. Either that, or totalitarian. Olivia the pig is not descended from Orwell's Napoleon, is she? However, that might make more sense, given the "pleased" reaction she has on being patted down at the airport during a "weapons" search. People, teach your children the meaning of freedom, liberty, and personal integrity. Getting searched for weapons ought not be normalized into our society, nor should it be something that pleases us when we travel. This volume also has curious use of language, far in advance of the targeted audience. Perhaps Falconer got paid by the TSA to get it into print before it was fully vetted by competent editors?

Who knows? Bottom line, find something more appropriate for your young minds to ingest.


The screeners in the OP's post look intimidating. Something like this would be far better:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../jd83nc7-1.jpg

We need an artistic FT'er to alter the drawing a bit to fit reality. :p

Olivia does appear to be wearing a convict outfit though.

You and I in the not-too-distant future ?

I would not want any child of mine reading that. I wouldn't want them to think that this was condoned.

Here you go: my best shot for spending a couple minutes on a Friday afternoon...

http://www.airportdignity.com/funimage.jpg

Nicely done! ^

These reviews are VERY helpful
 

Just finished voting up all of the reviews that mention how pleased Olivia is to be groped.

Only 29 people have done that so far to the most "helpful" scope and grope review - everyone else should log on to Amazon immediately and do the same.

In case anyone wants to start adding reviews to Barnes & Noble - the link to the book there is http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/oliv...ner/1019428354

Some additional places to comment if you are bored:

http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=ssqhQAAACAAJ
http://www.thechildrensbookreview.co...adventure.html
http://lakeridge.patch.com/articles/...edtime-routine
http://lexington.patch.com/articles/...ist?1311978541
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/...-Loves-to-Read
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...goes-to-venice
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?p=2366

:D^

That screener with the baton - did Rolando Negrin get his job back? :eek:

Glad to see that someone noticed. :) :D

I was going to try to put a name badge on him that read "Negrin" but couldn't quite do it in a way that would have made it readable.

I suppose I could have changed Olivia's shirt to read "Free Rolando" to be a bit more overt. ;)