Read this excerpt pertaining to the passing of the CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008 specifically in that children's books before 1985 are to be destroyed. The New York Times hasn't even written about this - the bastion of privelaged reading, why not Times?
"Whatever the future of new media may hold, ours will be a poorer world if we begin to lose (or “sequester” from children) the millions of books published before our own era. They serve as a path into history, literature, and imagination for kids everywhere. They link the generations by enabling parents to pass on the stories and discoveries in which they delighted as children. Their illustrations open up worlds far removed from what kids are likely to see on the video or TV screen. Could we really be on the verge of losing all of this? And if this is what government protection of our kids means, shouldn’t we be thinking instead about protecting our kids from the government?"
READ FURTHER ON "The New Book Banning"
Here is another great article: Pass it on!
Children's Books in Dumpsters: Washington's Madness Continues, by Gary North
An excerpt here: "But why? "Stop dangerous lead paint!" Right. The lead paint in pre-1985 kids' books in minuscule traces. There is no known example of any child being injured by lead paint from a book. No matter. The law's the law."
