Seuss books from first lady Melania Trump, saying many of his works were “steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures and harmful stereotypes.” In 2017, Liz Phipps Soeiro, a librarian at the Cambridgeport School in Cambridge, criticized a gift of 10 Dr. Seuss was around the world for the positive values in many of his works, including environmentalism and tolerance, there has been increasing criticism in recent years over the way Blacks, Asians and others are drawn in some of his most beloved children’s books. We have so much wonderful literature for children.”īut as adored as Dr. “I don’t think those books will ever disappear completely, but we can do better by our kids. Tilley, a children’s pop culture historian and librarian educator at the University of Illinois. “The decision his literary representatives made was the right one,” said Carol L. The decision to cease publication and sales of the books - which also include “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!” and “The Cat’s Quizzer” - was made after months of feedback from teachers, academics and others, the company Seuss’ family founded said. In “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” an Asian person is portrayed wearing a conical hat, holding chopsticks and eating from a bowl.
“If I Ran the Zoo” includes a drawing of two bare-footed African men wearing what appear to be grass skirts with their hair tied above their heads.
Seuss Enterprises said in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday. “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. On Tuesday, the business that preserves the author’s legacy announced that six of his books - including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” - will no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery. Seuss’s books, without ever realizing that some of them might have been painful to others. Millions of people the world over have fond memories of growing up with Dr.
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