Dr. Seuss’s books seem more popular than ever amid controversy over a small variety of titles that will no longer be sold because they are ‘insensitive and racist images’.
Copies of the most popular children’s author’s most popular books are virtually flying out of Amazon and Barnes and Noble’s warehouses, with his most popular books starting Thursday night 9 of the top ten bestsellers at both companies.
“The Cat in The Hat”, “Oh, The Places You’re Go” and “Green Eggs and Ham”, three of Seuss’s best-known works, were not all in stock on Amazon but still available at Barnes’ a higher price. and Noble’s website from Thursday night.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, which preserves the author’s legacy, this week announced six books – “And To Think I Saw It In Mulberry Street”, “When I Run The Zoo,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra !, “” Scrambled Eggs Super !, “and” The Cat’s Quizzer “- would no longer be printed.
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“These books portray people in hurtful and wrong ways,” said Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with late writer and illustrator on March 2.
“The cessation of sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure that Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ catalog represents and supports all communities and families,” he said.
Used copies of the books, which are no longer out of print, are priced at hundreds of dollars by independent sellers on Amazon.
One seller priced a ‘good’ hardcover copy of ‘The Cat’s Quizzer’ at $ 900.
The online marketplace eBay Inc. said he was trying to prevent the resale of the six sold-out books, although hundreds of offers were still on the site as of Thursday. Many of the offers refer to the books that are “banned”.
One listing offered four of the books for $ 2000.
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Examples of the problematic drawings include an Asian person wearing a cone hat and holding chopsticks in ‘And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street’, and two barefoot African men wearing grass skirts with their hair tied above their heads. ” If I run the zoo. “
The National Education Association, which hosts “Read Across America Day”, was once a partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises for the literary promotion event that ended on his birthday, but has recently ‘become independent of any book, publisher or character’ . due to the need to promote diverse books, according to the website.
Seuss’ stepdaughter, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, told the New York Post this week: “There was not a racist bone in that man’s body – he was so thoroughly aware of the world around him and cared so much. “
Lark Gray Dimond-Cates said she welcomed the decision of dr. Seuss Enterprises understands and said that people should be ‘very gentle and considerate and kind to each other’ because of the ‘painful times’ in which we live.
President Biden sparked a bit of Seuss-related controversy about conservatives when he did not mention the author’s name in his “Read Across America” announcement – a break from his two immediate predecessors.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden’s statement was written by the NEA.
Seuss is still very popular, making an estimated $ 33 million before tax in 2020, compared to just $ 9.5 million five years ago. Forbes calls him number 2 on his highest paid death celebrities in 2020, just behind the late pop star Michael Jackson.
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Dr.Seuss books filled more than half of the top 20 slots on Amazon.com’s bestseller list within hours of Tuesday’s announcement. ‘Mulberry Street’ and ‘If I Ran the Zoo’ were on the list, along with ‘Oh, the Places I’ll Go!’, ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ and others yet to be published.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.