It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed. But the nostalgia and thrill of bonding over a book makes it all the more crushing when an offensive paragraph stops the young reader in their tracks. It’s an ugly surprise present in classics like “Little House on the Prairie,” “Peter Pan” and several Dr. Seuss picture books — racist depictions of indigenous, Black and Asian characters that mar some of the best-loved works in children’s literature…

…The American Library Association vehemently opposes literary censorship. Rather than remove the offending books from their collections, librarians have come up with creative solutions to educate young readers, so while they may still delve into Laura Ingalls Wilder’s pioneer adventures or Seuss’ zany world of anthropomorphic animals, they’ll come away knowing what’s wrong with those stories — and which books get diverse stories right…

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