Some challenge books; others challenge bans


Some challenge books; others challenge bans


Parents in a Milwaukee suburb have filed a discrimination complaint with their local school district claiming that removing a book from a traveling library of supplemental material for kindergarten students will have a negative impact on their child’s learning.?? 

Other parents in the same suburb had requested that the book, “Love Makes a Family,” be removed from the traveling library. The school district’s curriculum and learning committee removed the book, which showed a diverse variety of family structures, in July.?? 

And in Idaho, private schools and privately funded libraries sued state officials recently, challenging a controversial new law that allows community members to challenge library books they believe are harmful to children.?

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