Good evening. Here is the Friday, May 31 edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes. Martina Šimkovičová does not approve of some of the titles that have been awarded as the Most Beautiful Books of Slovakia.
The Culture Minister, in a video flimed at the Bibiana International House of Art for Children, the institution that oversees the competition, focused on a book about respectful communication with LGBT+ people titled "Let's Talk About Ourselves with Respect", and on an educational publication about intimacy for parents and young people called "Me at Your Age...
" She criticised their design, stating they don't meet the criteria for children's perception due to their illustrations of human anatomy and explanations of various types of rainbow flags. "By their design, they absolutely do not meet the criteria that should probably be met for a child's eye, for that child's sensitivity," said the minister as she flipped through the pages of the books, where there are simple illustrations of the human body including sexual organs, and explanations of the meanings of various types of rainbow flags. She compared them unfavourably to the well-known novel "Gulliver's Travels" (which is not actually a children's book) and questioned their suitability for children.
Petra Flach, a neighbour of Šimkovičová's who was entrusted with leading Bibiana after the minister fired the previous director in March , announced during the evaluation of.