Interstitial Moment

Someone recently asked me about whether I had ever had a book censored or banned. The answer is of course. More than one book, actually. I even had a book burned on the steps of the Kansas City Board of Education building. That book was Briar Rose and the reason was there was a gay man centering the book.

However, censoring books is a good old American pastime.  And so is making sure only the proper words are fit for the children's book page. Though what is proper changes with the times. In...