AGAR: Not always judging a book by its cover in Alberta

The age-old issue of parents and politicians attempting to remove certain books from schools has bubbled up again in Alberta.

The Alberta government directed schools to remove books with sexually explicit content from shelves by the end of September.

Canadian Press reports , “The rules ban books with explicit sexual content for students in all grades. Those in Grade 10 and over may have access to books containing what the province deems to be non-explicit sexual content.”

The Edmonton public school board engaged in what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called “vicious compliance” by leaking a list of more than 200 books to comply.

To make their point, which seems to be that nothing should be removed, the board included some classics such as Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing