I went to a great program today regarding the reading rights of children in the library. The panelists were Roger Sutton, editor in chief of Horn Book Magazine and Maggie Bush, professor from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. (Anyone who has ever taken any children's or young adult course at the school has encountered Maggie at least once). The two had wonderful chemistry and sparked a lively conversation regarding reading rights of children in the library. Do we respect the rights of children to read when their parents don't want them to read certain books? How do we approach this issue as both parents and librarians? Is it enough to discuss books that children may not be ready for? Should we encourage parents to read the same books as their children? Just because children may not be ready for certain books, does that mean that they shouldn't read them? This program was an hour and fifteen minutes but it easily could have been three hours. This was a debate when I was in library school and it was several years before, and it will continue to be a debate especially as we continue to explore other media.
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