Arthur children’s book faces potential Florida ban over claim it ‘damaged souls’
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#6DBYT)
School district member files challenge to Arthur's Birthday, 1989 book by Marc Brown, which is among 45 titles pending review
A title in the Arthur children's book series is facing a potential ban after a conservative activist claimed that it damaged souls".
On 12 July, Bruce Friedman, a member of the Clay county school district community in Florida, filed a challenge to Arthur's Birthday, a 1989 children's book by Marc Brown about a fictional brown aardvark whose birthday falls on the same day as another party of a different classmate.
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