That’s sad, and frightening… Saying that as a non-US citizen, if that matters.

And that’s another reason why it should be a top priority for parents to own actual books at home, have their own (and uncensored, by any party) library and not be entirely relying on public/school libraries (which should also be defended against censorship, obviously). And then, beside owning those books, they should also show their kids reading is an incredibly valuable activity by actually be reading those books in front of their kids. And do it regularly… I was about to write ‘daily’, but I thought maybe that would be asking too much ;)