Censoring books is also about figuring out whats age- and classroom-appropriate – cleveland.com

The Rev. Mary Robin Craig is saddened to think about parents censoring books available to children in school and public libraries (Young readers and the wide world, Sept. 18.). The books she cites that helped her are not the kinds of books of concern today.

We must go to the shelves and read what is being assigned in school, what is age-appropriate, what is vulgar and, perhaps, too explicit. For instance, the nonfiction teen book, All Boys Arent Blue, includes graphic depictions of homosexuality. Some books, like The Bluest Eye, are well-written, yet may not be appropriate for a school assignment because students can be embarrassed to discuss incest aloud in a classroom.

It is not only the subject, but the style, and how the teacher handles the book report. These books still could be available in regular fiction or biography in the public library.

Marjorie Dwyer,

Westlake

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