![]() ![]() ![]() On These PagesĪ Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.Ī Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc. And still other libraries are withdrawing the books from circulation. Other libraries are reviewing their options. Some libraries will continue to circulate the books while not using them for displays or public readings. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, said, “Any author, or anyone publishing books, can make choices about what is out in the world.” Caldwell-Stone noted, however, that “an author’s or publisher’s decision to stop publishing a book should not be grounds alone for removing a book from a library’s collection.” Libraries around the country are reacting in diverse ways. The titles contain offensive depictions of African and Asian people. Seuss’s children’s books due to racist stereotypes that “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.” The six titles withdrawn from publication were And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s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. Seuss Enterprises issued a statement on March 2, 2021, announcing they would cease publication of six of Dr. Plus he wrote them in anapestic tetrameter, which is easy on the ears, fun to say and equally fun to write.Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere. Not a lot of children’s authors were dealing with subjects like racism, the environment or the arms race back in those days. I grew up with these books and recognized, even when I was little, the more serious subject matter he was addressing in the stories I read about Horton, the Lorax and Yertle the Turtle. So you’ll find no objection to it here.Īnd not all of his work can even be categorized as nonsense. I am, however, an advocate for nonsense and I feel that a healthy dose of it in childhood can lead to improved creativity and confidence in adulthood. I can’t agree with useless but I’ll give you nonsensical, being that he wrote much of his work in a sing-song rhyme and added in quite a few made-up words. Seuss, calling his books nonsensical and useless. In browsing through picture book websites recently, I’ve noticed a lot of negativity aimed at Dr. Quick aside to my friends who have attended any of my Christmas special parties – The Hoober-Bloob Highway was nominated for an Emmy for Best Animated Special, but lost out to Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. ![]() While this book never got its own video adaptation, some of these far-out animals did get to make cameo appearances in the 1975 TV Special, The Hoober-Bloob Highway. Seuss, a 1955 illustrated childrens book. It’s just a collection of made-up extra letters that are used to create a bunch of made-up animals with very Seuss-ian names, like Wumbus, Sneedle and Humpf-Humpf-a-Dumpfer. On Beyond Zebra is a book written by Theodor Geisel also know as Dr. Everyone knows The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, but this is one of those books that seems to have gotten passed over by the masses, in favor of books with more linear storylines. Seuss would have been 109 years old today, so I’m presenting On Beyond Zebra, an old family favorite, in honor of his birthday. The plot in a nutshell: The narrator teaches us all the letters that come after Z in his version of the alphabet and all the creatures he can make from them.ĭr. My very young friend who is learning to spell: On Beyond Zebra Written and Illustrated by Dr. ![]()
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