> two sides wanting/not wanting children to read particular books.
No.
One group of people don’t want any children reading certain books. The rest leaves the choice of reading the books in question up to the children (and/or their parents).
>The rest leaves the choice of reading the books in question up to the children (and/or their parents).
Complete nonsense. Libraries are not staffed by children nor their parents.
What goes into a school library is not some ideologically neutral ground where books just happen to appear, because of the inner desires of children. These books are bought because the people in charge off filling a library want children to read them. This is true for all books in a library, but it automatically guarantees that school libraries are curated. And curation is not ideologically neutral.
It is totally disingenious to pretend that this is not about you wanting children to read those particular books.
No.
One group of people don’t want any children reading certain books. The rest leaves the choice of reading the books in question up to the children (and/or their parents).
An important distinction.