Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Learn’ campaign

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

Whereas these books is likely to be banned from some faculties, there is still someplace else yow will discover them.

"Our job is just to make sure that if you would like it, it's right here for you," mentioned Public Info Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out right now," mentioned Brown. "So we got extra copies on order but as quickly as phrase bought round about what occurred in McMinn County, we bought a whole lot of holds."

Those are just a number of the two million other supplies at the Nashville Public Library.

"A lot of people don't need to read these books; they don't want their children to need to learn these books, or pressured to learn these books, and that is tremendous," mentioned Brown. "However there are so much people who do, and we need to be there for the people who do want to read these materials."

And if you want to make your love for these supplies known, what higher means than together with your library card? The 5,000 limited edition playing cards for the marketing campaign say "I learn banned books."

"We all watch the TV shows that we like; all of us watch the totally different sports activities or root for the completely different groups we're part of," stated Brown. "Books are no totally different."

The objective is to get the 5,000 library cards in the fingers of latest sign-ups this month.

"We're not making an attempt to be a push again — a power pushing again towards these choices — we wish to be an alternative to say, if you happen to could not be capable to get it there... you will get it here," said Brown.

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