Worried that your nephew likes toy soldiers just a bit too much? Does your little sister suspiciously hoard her birthday money? Wondering why your five-year-old neighbor named his new kitten Condi? Sounds like you've got a little Republican on your hands.
College Democrats had to learn it somewhere. That's probably why Jeremy Zilber decided to write "Why Mommy is a Democrat": to make sure kids could pick up politics young.
Or maybe so squirrels could pick up politics young. Do squirrels have Democrats? Maybe squirrels and kids are the same? Yuliya Firsova's illustrations, featured below, make that a little unclear.
-by Stephanie Vallejo



