Mrs. Klein is reading a picture book to her children at bedtime when she realizes with shock that it contains subject matter that she feels is inappropriate for children. She stops reading it and switches to another book. Mrs. Katz would like to allow her fourth-grade son to read the series that he claims “everyone” is reading but cannot find time in her busy day to pre-read it for him. Mrs. Smith pretty much allows her children to read from the library whatever they want but is plagued by an uncomfortable feeling that children’s books are not what they used to be. She wishes she knew how to guide their choices.