Unfit to Print?

" Right. To take a look at this book passage that teens size bed. Was so big Blair had divided into four sections one for sleeping one for eating one for watching TV. And one for sex you think that was straight out of an adult novel that passage comes from the gossip girl series of books aimed at young teens now to --"

" Are fighting to ban those books from this city libraries has made him. Dixie Bechtel and Diane Panetta they both join us from Orlando to see how did you find out about this."

" Well we have -- read trend and my daughter and I went to the library debate caption that's. And just randomly from the shelves and I did section websites send let's Jamie. And doing that trend I was leaking through some of them the Senate car as we were driving and I was shocked SC. What was on the pages of these funds that had come from my young adult section at a local library."

" Yet I -- okay then -- we can read some of the other passages to be honest with you because this tends to be a family show in the morning and some of them are -- revolver. Then what we just read in the introduction. So some of them are boutique go ahead. Some of them are much more involved in fact as you said we can't even mention what's in those pages and remember this is a section for a twelve year olds and up. So what did you do together as parents you went to the school and you ask that these books and we had its own special category in the library quite frankly. I think you may have had the right to ask for the -- not subpoena library but what happens."

" Well this is a public library rather than this book. -- leave for Paris was that they need those did not bands coming in adult section. Yet we are not innocent just sent -- Manning up but we just ask that they be placed in a different section so that unsuspecting students and parents. Wouldn't though and I believed dead and have this information much like."

" public schools the public and those in our community have been on a separate show up requiring parental consent I think we can at least have that our public library petty kids feel that day and my kids are too young to understand what's going on but they do knowing inappropriate means -- they you know these are off limits would like yours Dixie."

" Well. My daughter immediately NN that this is not that have a material that we have -- home snow. Yeah I think that they would agree -- this situation I have two daughters. Thirteen and fifteen and neither one of them wind actually even enjoy reading this type -- material it's not that type of thing that that hasn't it."

" But the main thing is is mom snow and his -- quite frankly. That this literature would be for twelve year old -- is -- on our own puzzles fashion. Now you don't know what's in the pages of these books and when I hand them out to parents to read their faces drop. And they can't believe that this is in the section and -- to me it's it's just seems at what point are we allowed to say that this is not okay I mean this is not about censorship this is about. Adult responsibility. And watching out her kids."

" feel good for you you see here you are a big trip me daughter finally quiet you gotta take the ball boy that she has already been done. Actually -- your journey correct."

" Well now they didn't and didn't have an actress that that why is -- only union drains is is that could best possible. Rating for possible. Positive elements. They -- things -- and other ways they found nothing positive about this gossip girls button that got in different directions library is very clear that she's. Yeah I'm looking around Australia. Thanks for thinking it's 21 and literally you well past MR year old and a 2000001 -- Dixie and Diane thanks for sharing your story with us this morning. Thank you for helping us shed light on this and we heard parents to go and see what's in the news sections in your public library is this development that country."

" I thank you very much here with a --"