![]() The National Post cites the "Chinaman who eats with sticks" and the "Rajah, with rubies" and notes "two fur-clad figures being pulled by a reindeer." The storyteller in the book is a boy named Marco who is imagining what he'll see as he goes to school. Many focused on the racist depictions in the well-known And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. ![]() ![]() When I leave home to walk to school, Dad always says to me, Marco, keep. A very slight, small dampness stain at the top edge, but nothing serious. Very good solid boards with tight corners and perfect spine. I followed the news stories as people reacted to the statement. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, children’s book by American author and illustrator Dr. Seuss, I Can Read It All By Myself, Beginner Books, Book Club Edition, copyright 1964. 1964 book club edition of and to think I saw it on Mulberry Street, by dr. Published in Feb of 2019 in Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, as of this writing it has been downloaded 274,425 times. Seuss's Children's Books by Katie Ishizuka and Ramón Stephens. I strongly suspect they drew heavily from The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. The statement does not tell us who the experts on the panel were, or what they used to do their review. Seuss gets a brand new look on its 80th birthday, introducing Marco’s crazy carnival of creatures to a new generation of readers. ![]() ![]() As you see, their statement says things like "supporting all children and families" and "inclusion" and "represents and supports all communities and families." It lists the six books they will no longer publish but they don't give us any details on what-in those books-motivated their decision. ![]()
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