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The book wars in the children’s section

22 July 2023

5:00 AM

22 July 2023

5:00 AM

If you don’t think there’s a war being waged against our children right now, you haven’t been paying attention. Or maybe you just haven’t been shopping at Big W.

Or Target, Dymocks, Amazon, Booktopia, or many other booksellers around our nation.

These stores are selling a book called Welcome to Sex. It’s marketed at 11-year-olds, but one of the authors says that they would be happy for an 8-year-old to read it.

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