But he draws the line at parents being able to determine what books other people’s children should have access to. Most recently, according to a number of news reports, a parent in a school district outside Des Moines, Iowa objected to what he called “vulgar language” in the book he has since called for the school board in his teenage son’s district to remove “Hey, Kiddo” from the school library.Īs a parent of three children himself, Krosoczka says he respects the right of parents to oversee what their kids read. Yet the story, published in 2019, also has spurred objections from some parents who think the book is inappropriate for young readers. “Hey, Kiddo” brought Krosoczka, who lives in Florence, a new wave of acclaim, including a National Book Award nomination. Krosoczka, the children’s book author and illustrator, had racked up many awards and accolades before turning to a more serious subject a few years ago: a Young Adult graphic memoir, “Hey, Kiddo,” in which he wrote about his late mother’s problems with opioid addiction and being raised by his grandparents, who told him very little about the issue.
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