Inside the Push for Stronger Safeguards on Sexually Explicit Content in Canadian School Libraries

Inside the Push for Stronger Safeguards on Sexually Explicit Content in Canadian School Libraries
The issue of age-inappropriate books in schools regained attention this week after Alberta said it would develop school library guidelines. Przemek Klos/Shutterstock
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Two years ago, Raelyn Fox found a book in her daughter’s bedroom that caused her concern. Her 11-year-old always kept a stack of library books on the dresser, and until then, Fox hadn’t thought much about what was in them.

But after hearing news about parents raising concerns over age-inappropriate content in school library books, and coming across online lists of flagged titles, Fox, who lives in southern rural Manitoba, decided to take a closer look. Two of the flagged books were in her daughter’s bedroom.

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