Libraries oppose censorship. So they’re getting creative when it comes to offensive kids’ books
It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed.
But the nostalgia and thrill of bonding over a book makes it all the more crushing when an offensive paragraph stops the young reader in their tracks.
It’s an ugly surprise present in classics like “Little House on the Prairie,” “Peter Pan” and several Dr. Seuss picture books — racist depictions of indigenous, Black and Asian characters that mar some of the best-loved works in children’s literature.