Kids’ Right to Read Project

TTYL‚ by Lauren Myracle was removed from middle school libraries throughout Round Rock (TX) ISD.  One student's parents challenged TTYL‚ because they objected to sexual content and profanity in the book.  Two review committees evaluated the book and recommended that it be kept on library shelves.  However, before the school board could review the matter, Superintendent Jesús Chávez had the book removed from middle school libraries throughout the district.  The Kids' Right to Read Project sent a letter to the school board opposing the book's removal.

Two parents challenged the picture book, And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for use in elementary school libraries in Ankeny, Iowa.  The parents objected to the story of two male penguins who parent a chick because they say the book is not "age-appropriate".  NCAC and ABFFE wrote a letter to the Ankeny School Board opposing the challenges.

Some parents have objected to sexual content, profanity, and violence in The Bluest Eye and Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini in Burke County, NC, schools. The Kite Runner was reviewed (and subsequently approved for use in classrooms) in February 2008. The Kids' Right to Read Project sent a letter to the school board regarding the challenges.

Re: Sherwood School Board upholds use of novel Grendel (November 12) To the Editors: The Sherwood School Board should be applauded for its decision to keep the novel, Grendel by John Gardner, in Sherwood High School’s 10th grade accelerated English curriculum.  Some parents object to sexual content and violence in the book, but their children were offered an alternative assignment.  [...]