Bonnie Wallace Interview

You will want to listen to this 27-minute interview of intrepid advocate for children, Bonnie Wallace. She details what is going on in our libraries and schools, how she has been persecuted (but victorious), and about a lawsuit whose outcome helps public institutions protect children. No more excuses.

She notes that librarians are trained by the ALA, and how that training results in the kind of books that find their way into the children and teen sections of our libraries.

Here is the website she mentions that is an aid for parents looking to review books that may be in their children's school or library: RATED BOOKS. It is also linked in the sidebar along with other resource sites.

Incidentally, three of the books mentioned are listed in our library's catalog:

A Court of Silver Flames: Excerpts HERE. Warning: Graphic depictions of sex. Review HERE. This book is said to located (?) in the Ozark and Sparta "Fantasy." Fantasy is a genre. Is it also a location? Is this book accessible to minors in Ozark and Sparta? Is there a teen section for fantasy and an adult section? Very confusing.

 All Boys Aren't Blue (a book that was challenged and retained by our library in 2023). You can access excerpts HERE. Warning: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS of sex acts. This book does not belong in the hands or minds of minor children, yet it was retained in the teen sections of both Nixa and Ozark.

 Gender Queer: Book review HERE and HERE. This book is said to be on display in Ozark.