Parents in Manitoba City Want Sexually Explicit Books Removed From Libraries

Parents in Manitoba City Want Sexually Explicit Books Removed From Libraries
Parents in a southern Manitoba are expressing concern about age-appropriateness of some books in the kids section of public libraries. John Moore/Getty Images
Marnie Cathcart
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Parents in southern Manitoba are advocating for the funding to public libraries in seven municipalities to be cut if they will not remove books written for children and youth that contain explicit sexual content from the shelves in South Central regional libraries.

Parent David Wall gave a presentation at the City of Winkler Council Meeting on Dec. 13, reading excerpts “taken from juvenile books available at local libraries.”