By Barbara Goldberg
NUEVA YORK, 2 Maart (Reuters) – Six children’s books written by Dr. Seuss does not want to be published because it contains racist and insensitive images, since March the company was established to preserve the author’s legacy.
Los libros – “And to think I saw it in Mulberry Street”, “When I run the zoo”, “McElligot’s Pool”, “On the other side of zebra!”, “Stirred eggs super!” and “The Cat’s Quizzer” – some of the more than 60 works written by Dr. Seuss, artistic artist Theodor Geisel, who died in 1991.
“These books represent people in ways that are painful and erratic,” said Dr. Seuss Enterprises in a communiqué.
The books, originally published between 1937 and 1976, contain numerous caricatures of Asian people and negroes that incorporate stereotypes that have been criticized as racist.
Among the editors of the books is Random House in Vanguard Press.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it was working with a panel of experts, including educators, to revise its catalog and decide what to do next to the publication and licenses.
The announcement was made on March 2, the anniversary of Geisel’s birth in 1904. In 1998, the National Association of Education designated its birthplace as the “Day of Reading in United States”, to date an annual bus bus animar a que niños y jóvenes lean más.
His most famous books – “Die kat in die hoed” and “Groen eiers en ham” – are not on the list of works that will be published. “Oh, the places you will go!” suele is on the top of The New York Times’ list of top sellers during graduation time and was also included in the list.
(Report by Jonathan Stempel and New York Adilional; edited in Spanish by Carlos Serrano)