LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Lynchburg City Schools is requesting the return of a book containing inappropriate content that was given to some 4th and 5th-grade students during enrollment day. According to ...

May 23—HARLINGEN — A pastors' group is standing behind a new state law and is requesting Rio Grande Valley school boards remove a list of books they describe as containing graphic sexuality from their ...

Six more books have been removed from Cobb County Schools because, according to the superintendent, they “contain sexually explicit or graphic content inappropriate for children.” Cobb County Schools ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — For two years, the St. Tammany Parish Public Library System has been caught in the middle of a book battle. “We stand before you today because we, in short, are under attack, ...

"the [a] average person, [b] applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, [c] taken as a whole, [d] appeals to the prurient interest" (which means a "shameful or morbid" ...

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board ...

Utah officials are finalizing a list of books for removal from school districts that parents have deemed inappropriate for their K-12 education system. In March, Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) signed ...

A group of Huntington Beach residents known as "Protect HB" said they've gathered enough valid signatures to try repealing a new ordinance that could impact which books are put on public library ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A group of Huntington Beach residents known as “Protect HB” said they’ve gathered enough valid signatures to try repealing a new ordinance that could impact ...

My family had an “open shelf” rule. This meant my brother and I were allowed to read anything, no matter how inappropriate or beyond our years. We never had to ask. I spent hours of my childhood ...