Six Dr Seuss books will no longer be published because of their use of offensive imagery, according to the business that oversees the estate of the children’s author and illustrator. In a statement on Tuesday, Dr Seuss Enterprises said it had decided last year to end publication and licensing of the books by Theodor Seuss Geisel. The titles include his first book writing under the pen name Dr Seuss, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937), and If I Ran the Zoo (1950). “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr Seuss Enterprises said on Tuesday, which coincided with the birthday of Geisel, who died in 1991. Random House Children’s Books did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: The Irish Times March 02, 2021 21:33 UTC