Today’s adults are often confronted with hostile ideas toward our culture and may need help navigating young children through these challenging times. For those wanting to reinforce their traditional values, Brave Books may be one way to help.
Brave Books has created alternative books to the current progressive agenda. Each book teaches traditional values that highlight how America is special. There is no specific political agenda being pushed, however. Rather, the focus is on issues such as the sanctity of life, freedom of speech, a respect for truth, gender identity, and so forth.
The Brave Books mission is to “instill a love of truth” and give children a good moral compass to guide them through their lives. The publisher partners with conservative figures who are established writers and/or media figures.
‘Elephants Are Not Birds’
Ashley St. Claire’s book tackles the topic of gender identity. Kevin the Elephant loves to sing, but Culture the Vulture tries to convince him that because of his love for singing he must be a bird. Kevin’s attempt to be a bird by dressing up like one fails to help him fly, for instance. He recognizes this fact when his friends and family need his help, which only an elephant can provide.
‘The Island of Free Ice Cream’
Life in Rushington is wonderful until a group of deceptive wolves come along and promise they will turn Rushington into the perfect city, overflowing with delicious free ice cream, the same way they did to their home island.
All the animals of Rushington buy into the wolves’ deception without a thought, except for a fox named Asher. Asher uses his inventive mind to expose the wolves’ lies and hidden plans.
‘Because You’re My Family’
Valor, the lion cub, didn’t want to gather carrots to help his mother bake a cake for Mrs. Bunny’s party. His excuse: Mrs. Bunny has a baby every week.
He resentfully gathers carrots and then dumps them in a ditch. After realizing what he has done, he runs away and climbs a giant tree. Before long, rain comes, and his father comes to rescue him. Valor asks why his father would do that and learns that his parents love for him is unconditional, not dependent on his behavior.
‘As You Grow’
The story shows Sky Tree and the animals who live there. Cameron takes children through the growth of the tree starting with the tree as an acorn. He uses the animals inhabiting the tree to illustrate different seasons of life. The book uses simple yet poetic language: “A tender word is soft and it gives life like a spring rain,” “Remember that the greatest sorrow can lead to the greatest joy,” and “Let your strength and gentleness be what draws others to you.”
‘No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern’
“The Candy Cavern” is a modern retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood.” In fact, reading the older version with this book is a good idea.
Rose the Lamb is excited to begin second grade. Unfortunately, her new teacher, Mr. Wooly, focuses more on candy than on teaching. He keeps feeding the class sugary treats. He tells the class not to tell their parents. Rose senses that something is wrong, but she doesn’t confide in her parents.
One day after school, Rose has a stomachache. She tells her parents why she is sick. They explain that it’s important for her not to keep secrets and that Rose that she did the right thing in telling them the truth.
The next day Rose and her class go to a candy cavern, which is actually a place to imprison the students. Mr. Wooly (who proves to be really a wolf in disguise) and his wolf friend are going to eat the lambs for lunch. They taunt the lambs by saying that their parents do not know anything about this.
Suddenly Rose’s father comes in, overpowers the wolves, and locks them in their own cages. He frees all the student lambs.
‘Hidden Headlines: A Seymour Clues Mystery’
This book follows Detective Seymour Clues and his sidekick Mr. Mouse. They seek to uncover the source of a mysterious blockage in the Tubular Tubes, the system which circulates news throughout the city. As they investigate, they are met with all kinds of deception and distractions. Eventually through their persistence, they find the truth. They uncover the true villain and an evil plot.
Readers have a chance to solve the mystery on their own based on the clues on each page before they are given the solution.
