Six Dr. Seuss books including ``And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street'' and ``If I Ran the Zoo'' will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy said Tuesday.
By Mark Pratt, Associated Press
Published May 4, 2021
Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, Courtney Keating, education coordinator of The Literacy Center in Evansville, Ind., reads “If I Ran the Zoo,” By Dr. Seuss, to passersby during an event to promote literacy along the Evansville Riverfront. (Erin McCracken/Evansville Courier & Press via AP, File)
Six Dr. Seuss books including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.
“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.
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