Why should we read children's nonfiction animal books? Teaching kids about animals is akin to teaching colors and numbers. Right? Children love to learn how to identify dogs, cats, cows, and chickens.

The Texas bill purports to ban such "non-human behaviors" as "using a litter box," "barking, meowing, hissing" and "licking oneself." Also: No tails, no fuzzy ears, no fur, whether fake or real.

In one, Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club — intended to teach kids ... of mentors. Cartoon renderings of a piggy bank and a multigenerational family flash in the background, along ...