Dr. Seuss Books Top Best-Selling Lists After Foundation Cancels 6 Titles
By Movieguide® Staff
Cancel culture fueled demand for Dr. Seuss.
After the Seuss Foundation announced they would no longer publish six titles, consumers rushed to Amazon to buy the children’s books, launching the titles to the best-sellers list.
As of Friday, March 5, “The Cat in the Hat” was the No. 1 book on Amazon, followed by “Dr. Seuss’ Beginner Book Collection,” “Oh The Places You’ll Go,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” and “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.”
None of those titles, however, were part of the lot cancelled by the Seuss Foundation.
The titles affected include “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “If I Ran the Zoo,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”
As Movieguide® previously reported:
“Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles,” the company revealed.
AP reported: “In ‘And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,’ an Asian person is portrayed wearing a conical hat, holding chopsticks, and eating from a bowl. ‘If I Ran the Zoo’ includes a drawing of two bare-footed African men wearing what appear to be grass skirts with their hair tied above their heads.”
According to Forbes, Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991, is No. 2 on their list of the highest-paid dead celebrities. The author has had his books translated into dozens of languages and sold in over 100 countries.
“We respect the decision of Dr. Seuss Enterprises (DSE) and the work of the panel that reviewed this content last year, and their recommendation,” Random House Children Books, Dr. Seuss’ publisher, said.
However, not everyone is at ease with the decision and has called it another example of cancel culture.
Should the books be pulled? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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