Now -> Boosting this with alt-text because #librarians rule! 💪
I love the last panel. 😊
Dawn Tåke 🏳️⚧️@Her_Doing
Male librarian's name is Dewey.
Unshelved is a really good comic overall. Its successor, Library Comic, is pretty good too.
I vibe more with Dewey's PG- Randal-from-Clerks vibe more, but hey.
IIRC, my library's unofficial policy is, "its the parents' job to parent."
As a kid who read above my reading level, I'll get a kid whatever they ask for. I'm in Adult, so its not frequent, but it happens. I understand the desire both professionally and personally.
Ooh, thank you for all this - I didn't know any of the history!
I read everything I could get my hands on - and I think kids self-censor; they are not going to consistently read something that they are not interested in, can't connect with, or disturbs them in some way.
I had a parent of a 7 or 8 yo upset their child only read the first few HP books. Ma'am, have you READ the HP books? They get dark & disturbing pretty quickly & way beyond a 8yo's ken.
@Her_Doing
I think you might still be able to buy the whole run of ebooks on a thumbdrive that looks like a card catalog drawer off their site.
There are also several doorstops past there too.
I was at least ten before I started reading Animorphs and all the body horror therein.