- A North Carolina couple is outraged by a book their first-grade
daughter brought home from the school library in which a prince finds his
true love ñ in the form of another prince.
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- The leading character in "King & King,"
Prince Bertie, waves off a bevy of eligible princesses before falling for
Prince Lee, Associated Press reported. The book ends with the two "marrying"
and sharing a kiss.
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- "I was flabbergasted," Michael Hartsell of
Wilmington, N.C., told the news service. "My child is not old enough
to understand something like that, especially when it is not in our beliefs."
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- AP reports the 32-page book by Linda De Haan and Stern
Nijland was published in March 2002 by Tricycle Press, the children's division
of Ten Speed Press of Berkeley, Calif. A follow-up, "King & King
& Family," was recently published. The publisher says the book
is intended for readers age 6 and up.
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- The principal of Freeman Elementary School defended the
book.
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- "What might be inappropriate for one family, in
another family is a totally acceptable thing," Principal Elizabeth
Miars is quoted as saying.
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- Hartsell and his wife, Tonya, said they intend to file
a written complaint with the committee that reviews library books for the
district and are considering transferring their daughter.
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