Seattle librarian worries about recent wave of book challenges
A Seattle librarian is raising her concerns on the recent wave of book challenges in western Washington and across the country.
Most recently, the Kent School District announced the review of two books at a middle school library after a student raised concerns about whether the books are appropriate.
"It's absolutely a slippery slope because, I as a librarian, and I was a librarian for many, many, many years and there are books that I wish we didn't have," said librarian Nancy Pearl, "But I know that those books have to be there because what a library is a place where all different experiences can be found."
Pearl worked as the executive director of Seattle Public Library’s Washington Center for the Book and was awarded Librarian of the Year in 2011 by the Library Journal.
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