A co-worker sent a link to this very thoughtful and excellent letter from a librarian concerning one parent's challenge to a children's book in which a little girl is jealous of her favorite uncle's new (male) fiancé.
Uncle Bobby's Wedding: The Response. Myliblog, July 24, 2008.
I think at the very least, when I get back to work, I am going to suggest we have the Library Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read, and Free Access to Libraries for Minors information available for challenges that may come up. Luckily, we rarely have challenges, but we have had some, and it's never good to delude yourself into thinking that we will never have any challenges in the future. Our challenges tend not to be on books about gay marriage, but on things like violence (perceived or described) in particular books.
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