No reason to bring up the Bible outside of a literature or comparative religions class.
Should probably add history to the list.
In any event (and this isn't addressed to you emailking), children should be challenged. Not sure what the point of reading is if all you read is what you agree with. If parents want to be able to choose the curriculum and the books their kids read, then send them to a private school. It is the duty of the state to educate curious, critical thinking, and worldly students - something that we don't often succeed at anyway, and banning books because they make us uncomfortable will make this worse.
This whole nonsense of being so terrified that your precious child may read something slightly provocative in a school library is all the more mind numbing when you realize what kids hear on buses, in locker rooms and in cafeterias everyday. I'll tell you this, I read a good deal all throughout primary and secondary school, and nothing was as explicit or inappropriate as my 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm stint on the public school bus.
It's clear that conservatives dream of a society where every child's brain is turned to pudding at a young age
