{"id":186232,"date":"2021-03-02T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=186232"},"modified":"2021-03-02T09:15:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:15:43","slug":"six-dr-seuss-books-to-stop-being-printed-day-after-biden-left-out-author-from-read-across-america-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-dr-seuss-books-to-stop-being-printed-day-after-biden-left-out-author-from-read-across-america-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Dr. Seuss Books To Stop Being Printed Day After Biden Left Out Author From Read Across America Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsix-dr-seuss-books-to-stop-being-printed-day-after-biden-left-out-author-from-read-across-america-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=186232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/seuss-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The company that publishes Dr. Seuss books will stop selling six titles, citing racist and insensitive imagery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Seuss Enterprises\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513\">told<\/a> The Associated Press in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises\u2019 catalog represents and supports all communities and families,\u201d the company told the outlet in a statement Tuesday, which just happens to be the birthday of Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.<\/p>\n<p>The company that seeks to preserve and protect the author\u2019s works said they will no longer publish \u201cAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,\u201d \u201cIf I Ran the Zoo,\u201d \u201cMcElligot\u2019s Pool,\u201d \u201cOn Beyond Zebra!,\u201d \u201cScrambled Eggs Super!,\u201d and \u201cThe Cat\u2019s Quizzer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While millions of American children have been raised with the books, which include positive messages about tolerance and protecting the environment, some have drawn criticism over the way blacks, Asians and others are drawn. The author has also been ripped for his earlier advertising and propaganda illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>One illustration in the 1937 work \u201cAnd To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street\u201d shows a \u201cChinaman who eats with sticks,\u201d a caricatured picture of an Asian man using chopsticks.\u00a0Drawings in \u201cIf I Ran The Zoo,\u201d published in 1950, shows some black characters resembling monkeys, along with an illustration of an Arab chieftain on a camel with a caption that suggests he should be in a zoo.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden on Monday avoided mentioning Dr. Seuss in his presidential proclamation for Read Across America Day, which is celebrated on the author\u2019s birthday. The move was a far cry from his former boss, Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>In the former president\u2019s 2014 proclamation, he said Dr. Seuss\u2019 stories \u201cchallenge dictators and discrimination. They call us to open our minds, to take responsibility for ourselves and our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Obama said: \u201cThe works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to us as Dr. Seuss, have sparked a love for reading in generations of students. His whimsical wordplay and curious characters inspire children to dream big and remind readers of all ages that \u2018a person\u2019s a person no matter how small.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in 2016,\u00a0Obama said Seuss was \u201cone of America\u2019s revered wordsmiths\u201d who \u201cused his incredible talent to instill in his most impressionable readers universal values we all hold dear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a school district in Virginia ordered its teachers to stop the national reading day with Seuss because of \u201cstrong racial undertones\u201d in some of his books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealizing that many schools continue to celebrate \u2018Read Across America Day\u2019 in partial recognition of Dr. Seuss\u2019 birthday, it is important for us to be cognizant of research that may challenge our practice in this regard,\u201d said a Feb. 26 announcement by Loudoun County Public Schools, one of the nation\u2019s most affluent school districts. \u201cAs we become more culturally responsive and racially conscious, all building leaders should know that in recent years there has been research revealing radical undertones in the books written and the illustrations drawn by Dr. Seuss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Seuss company defended the decision to cease publication of six of his books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process,\u201d the company told the AP. \u201cWe then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-cancels-dr-seuss-wont-mention-him-in-read-across-america-day-proclamation\">Biden Won\u2019t Mention Dr. Seuss In \u2018Read Across America Day\u2019 Proclamation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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