I just finished a book - a pretty good one but full of Christian references which I found a bit annoying. I would never suggest banning but as I thought about that, I was reminded about several heroic librarians who risked their careers and in some cases faced physical harm when they fought against book banning. I found this little poem by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater from the books themselves..
A Thank You To Librarians
Thank you,librarians For protecting our places here on the shelves
You know the faces full of love and hope and doubt who come to browse and check us out.
We are the books .
Some want us banned because they will not understand ideas are deep and wild as the sea and stories and facts must always be free-
free and safe on library shelves so humans can lose and find themselves or understand others they may never know.
When people read, they grow.
So, thank you, librarians, for your bravery and voices protecting our places and all readers choices.
With respect,
The Books