From the CBC:
Dereen filed a complaint to the library to get the book, and others like them, removed from the shelves or moved to a separate section free from the gaze of children. The library responded by saying that it did not plan to change its policies, and that the child’s guardian is ultimately responsible for the books he or she wants to check out.
Dereen then turned to Fox 59 in the hopes that it would help sway public opinion in her favour.
Is it just me, or is the dude's arm on the book cover INSANELY THIN?
Anyway, my favorite thing about this whole story is that the kid checked the book out thinking that it was about video game cheat codes. Because... well, again, I direct your attention to the cover art.
"Anyway, my favorite thing about this whole story is that the kid checked the book out thinking that it was about video game cheat codes. Because... well, again, I direct your attention to the cover art."
Does that tell us something about what he's been seeing in his video games? Because maybe his grandmother should worry about THAT.
Posted by: Hope | 16 September 2013 at 09:33 AM
THAT is an excellent point.
Posted by: Leila | 16 September 2013 at 10:23 AM
his giacometti arm is nowhere near as alarming as the fact that she's about to eat his nose.
ALSO CENSORSHIP BAD.
Posted by: marjorie | 16 September 2013 at 01:45 PM
Shenanigans, I say. Can you imagine the stuff that kid gets away with if grandma believes lame excuses like that?
Posted by: Christina | 17 September 2013 at 12:44 PM