Freedom to Read Issue

These sorts of things always get me all fired up.  If you do not like a book, do not read it, do not allow your children to read it, but do not try to make those decisions for someone else by removing the book from the library....this is censorship!

Decision made on controversial kids' book

Case closed after weeks of review

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - After weeks of a review process, the Hillsborough County Public Library System has ruled that a controversial kids book will stay on public library shelves.

The book is called My Mom's Having a Baby by an author named Dori Butler based in Iowa. The book was published in 2005. As the story line goes, a little girl named Elizabeth is curious about how her mother became pregnant and childbirth. Throughout the book's 30 pages, little Elizabeth learns about these topics in great detail.

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via www.abcactionnews.com