St. Tammany Literary Society

State Rep. A. G. Crowe of Slidell has been putting in extra hours lately furiously scanning Amazon.com in an effort to act as part time reader's advisor to his St. Tammany Parish constituents. It was there that he must have noticed the School Library Journal review of King and King in which the children's book is knocked for its "thin characterization and ugly artwork." or the Publisher's Weekly review which suggests the similar Jack and Jim instead. It's nice to see legislators take time out of their busy schedules to help overworked librarians select quality materials for their collections... Oh wait, no he's just being an asshole.

BATON ROUGE -- Books "containing the theme of homosexuality" and other "age-inappropriate" topics should not be on public library shelves accessible to children, a St. Tammany Parish lawmaker said Thursday.

Rep. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, has filed House Concurrent Resolution 119, calling on all public libraries to remove such material from the children's book sections and confine it "exclusively for adult access and distribution."