A Texas county could decide Thursday to close its libraries rather than have to reinstate children's books that the conservative majority has banned. It would then be a new stage in what the American media calls the "children's book war" raging in the United States.
There are at least 32 states (out of 50) where "school boards" — organizations that run a district's public schools — have secured censorship of certain books. Most of the books targeted by this censorship address the issue of gender identity and the rights of LGBTQ+ communities.