Johnny the Walrus

This is an excellently written children’s book that is all about encouraging imagination but warning against drastic medical actions that to try to make fantasy a reality. As such it is an important perspective that should not be silenced or censored. As a gay father of two children, I recommend this book wholeheartedly for children. It is not traumatic, it is well written and illustrated, and it is engaging. It helps children think about their own bodies and how they want to be treated. The central metaphor of the mother of a human boy considering him transitioning to a walrus highlights the very real and very painful and uncomfortable process that would have to occur in order for him to transition. It is an extremely important book especially given the surgery that some woke parents are recommending on children who are not yet capable of thinking through, let alone deciding, whether to modify their body. This book recommends the more reasonable approach to let children’s bodies alone. It also makes an important allegorical point of the impact that human biological reality has on desires we may have.Speaking as a gay father, I am concerned that other LGBT individuals, including Amazon employees, have managed to get this book recategorized out of children literature when it clearly is written to help children understand and defend their right to their imagination and their own bodies.

This board book is a good way to children to distinguish between reality and pretend play. The book also teaches kids to accept themselves as they are no matter what the internet says. The author, Matt Walsh, is a true inspiration to write this book despite backlash from activists.

It's a perfect story for kids, and my little cousin often requests it to be read to him before bed. I also love the moral of the story; it is fun to be creative and play pretend, but at the end of the day, pretend is just pretend, not real life.

Finally a book that I can read to my little ones that we can enjoy together and that it doesn’t contain ugly stuff that we don’t like. Also very helpful for parents who are homeschooling their kids. Keep the good stuff coming we need more books like this 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I had the pleasure of listening to the author speak about this book on a talk-radio show. I immediately ordered 2 copies that very night on Amazon.com but it took several months for me to receive the books due to a billing information error that I had not been previously aware of. Trust me, the wait was well worth it.The author, Matt Walsh, wrote the story in a way that can help parents and their young children navigate the landscape of the many social and education trends of today's world. It is a book that parents can read with their children and a book that relates to the young children's daily life. This book is easy to understand and demonstrates by example how child-like imaginations and social issues of this generation can often intertwine in a way that parents and their children can understand. A young child's imagination is something that has been 'stunted' by the world we live in and the frequent misinformation entering their little minds about real life today. This book brought back childhood memories of the times that I grew up in where there were no video games, comic book movies or computerized gadgetry to distract our young minds and we were forced to use our imagination while playing with our neighborhood and school friends. Sit in the house all day and watch TV or play video games?? Heck NO, there was a whole REAL world outdoors that we were eager to explore. Not to mention, my parents would never let me spend all day indoors after school or during school vacations unless it were raining out. Matt Walsh has managed to bring the reader back to a simpler time in our nation's history and brought it to life in the 21st century. You and your child will truly enjoy reading this work of art and imagination.

Bought for my 4 year old son for Christmas. I love Matt Walsh, so thought I would check out his book. Very funny & interesting children's book to say the least. My child even liked it.

This book teaches kids that it is perfectly normal to be creative and imaginative in their younger days. Johnny is allowed to pretend to be a walrus or a shark or even a panda if he wants. Little Johnny can choose to be a walrus one day and a cheetah the next as kids often go through phases such as these (when I was young I aspired to be a herpetologist). It is the responsibility of the parent to both encourage creativity and instill truth to a child. While a parent can pretend to be a scary polar bear and chase the child around playfully, to affirm the child’s belief they are a walrus and take steps to permanently change the physical appearance of the child through surgeries and chemicals is to commit a lifelong disservice to the child. Chances are, when the walrus phase wears off, or when the child grows older, they will ultimately wish to return to what they were put on this earth to be: a human. Matt Walsh elegantly and sophisticatedly explains these basic truth in this book. A must read.

One of the greatest creative works in the history of literature. I purchased several copies, to donate to a corporate Multicultural Children's Book Drive. Highly recommended as required reading for every collegiate class anywhere.

My son is 3 and loves this book. It is a good book to teach about imagination and self acceptance. You would be surprised how many questions and conversations we have about Johnny and his big imagination, the internet people and why his mommy does what she does in the book. The lessons are very simple to grasp. This book is a must have for parents raising kids in a world full of confusion.

Una herramienta para luchar contra la obligatoria “Ideología de género”. Vital en estos tiempos donde los niños se convierten en presas de manipuladores profesionales, en algunos casos pueden ser sus propios maestros.

Uma leitura agradável, uma história maravilhosa e um material resistente. Recomendo.

Great book for our family reading section, the kids seem to love it, family friendly reading.For some reason Amazon state delivery takes 2-3 months but it arrived in 3 days so if the delivery times advertised put you off ignore them Amazon seems to fudge the advertised delivery times for some reason

While some might see this as 'trolling', there is a deadly serious message behind the chicanery. If you have young children, or anyone close to you has young children, this is an understatedly genius way of helping to equip those children with the ground level tools to navigate the minefield which the gender cult has laid in front of them. In an era where childhood depression, mental disorders and suicide are at unprecedented highs, it's refreshing to see someone out there promoting genuine self-acceptance instead of further polluting the already muddy waters of modern self-identity.