From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 29, 1986:

Area school officials and a Kansas University textbook author were keeping their eyes on the appeal process of a successful lawsuit by Christian fundamentalists in Tennessee against their local school district. A federal judge had ruled that the seven families who objected to the use of certain books in the Hawkins County, Tenn., schools were entitled to damages because the use of a Holt, Rinehart, Winston reading series violated their First Amendment rights. Although that reading series was not used in Lawrence schools, several area districts did allow students to read an alternate book if parents complained about a particular book, according to Lawrence school district officials. However, “not very often do people feel strongly enough to fill out the form,” said Susan Peterson, the district’s elementary library coordinator. The Tennessee families had specifically objected to their school’s use of “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and stories by Margaret Mead and Hans Christian Andersen. The parents said that the works expressed tolerance toward other religions while denigrating Christianity and exposed their children to such ideas as feminism, global government, and secular humanism.