const listItems = document.querySelectorAll('#book-list ul li'); Array.from(listItems).forEach(function(item){ item.addEventListener('click', (e) => { const li = e.target.parentElement; console.log('child element to remove:', li); console.log('parent element to remove child from:', li.parentElement); li.parentNode.removeChild(li); }); }); // prevent default behaviour const link = document.querySelector('#page-banner a'); link.addEventListener('click', function(e){ e.preventDefault(); console.log('Navigation to', e.target.textContent, 'was prevented'); });