Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Read’ campaign

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It is a subject that is taken hold in Tennessee: books like "Maus" or "Stroll Two Moons" have been pulled from shelves.

While those books is perhaps banned from some schools, there is still someplace else you will discover them.

"Our job is simply to make sure that if you need it, it is here for you," said Public Data Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out proper now," mentioned Brown. "So we got more copies on order however as quickly as word obtained around about what occurred in McMinn County, we got quite a lot of holds."

These are just a number of the two million different supplies at the Nashville Public Library.

"A lot of people do not need to read these books; they do not want their kids to need to read these books, or forced to learn these books, and that's superb," said Brown. "But there are quite a bit individuals who do, and we wish to be there for the individuals who do wish to learn these materials."

And if you want to make your love for these supplies known, what better manner than along with your library card? The 5,000 limited edition cards for the marketing campaign say "I read banned books."

"All of us watch the TV exhibits that we like; all of us watch the completely different sports or root for the completely different teams we're part of," said Brown. "Books are not any totally different."

The aim is to get the 5,000 library playing cards within the hands of new sign-ups this month.

"We are not attempting to be a push again — a pressure pushing again against these choices — we wish to be a substitute for say, when you may not be capable of get it there... you will get it right here," stated Brown.

The restricted edition library playing cards can be found so long as provides final.