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Because they might not know the modern books or because they might like the older books, except for 0.001% of their content.

>>oblio+(OP)
At least in the Dahl case, they're explicitly trying to change the tone of the works, and not just the "content" -- whatever that word is supposed to mean in the context of literature.

Everybody's family is different, but my childhood self would have been pretty disillusioned to discover my parents censoring books on my behalf. I really can't see how that's a good lesson for the kids, especially when you can just buy contemporary works that are as PC/woke (or not) as you want them to be.

>>oblio+(OP)
Then you, like, realize it's an older book and deal with the fact that it may not 100% line up with your modern expectations.

Especially if it's just 0.001% of the content.