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The fight for the right to read in Utah
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Today I’m going to be a little daring and omit the long-winded, over-arching opening paragraph to get directly to the story. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Utah are suing the Davis School District, twenty-four miles outside of Salt Lake City, for removing a children’s picture book from the shelves of its elementary school libraries. Why? The book, In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco, focuses on a family with two mothers. Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a children’s literature snob. Dr. Seuss is my Dostoevsky. Therefore, I felt it was my duty to share this information. Patricia Polacco, a talented and prolific author of children’s books, published In Our Mothers’ House in 2009. It is just one of her many stories that paints a picture celebrating cultural difference.