Six Dr. Seuss books shelved for racism

Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.

“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises said in a statement.

The other books affected are “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”

Dr. Seuss is adored by millions around the world for the positive values in many of his works, but criticism has grown over the way Blacks, Asians and others are drawn in some of his books, as well as in his earlier advertising and propaganda illustrations.