Oh, the places where people go to “turn off culture”.
Following this week’s news that six books by Dr. Seuss with more racist and insensitive images published, copies of these books appeared on resale sites like eBay EBAY,
and Amazon.com AMZN,
for thousands of dollars.
The titles include: “And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street,” “If I ran the zoo,” “McElligot Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!” “Eggs Super Scratched! ”and“ Cat Quiz. ”And a copy of“ Mulberry Street ”was taken on eBay on Thursday for $ 1,500. On Amazon, hard copies of “If I Ran the Zoo” start at $ 789 and climb to $ 5,000.
Dr. Seuss has six non-stop books selling them for thousands on eBay and Amazon.
Screenshot of eBay
In fact, even though an eBay spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the company is “currently sweeping our market to remove these products,” hundreds of sellers were still available selling editions of what they described as “forbidden” or “suspended” by Dr. Seuss books on eBay for hundreds of bucks Thursday afternoon. One offered all six books for $ 1,110, which included several bids.
But to say that the books are “banned,” or that Dr. Seuss has been “suspended,” is wrong.
First up is Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the entertainment company that manages the estate of the late children’s book author Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, the entity that decided to suspend licensing and publish these special titles in the first place. “These books portray people in ways that are painful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises explained in a statement published Monday, which coincided with Geisel’s birthday and Read Day Across America .
In addition, after a school district in Virginia went viral for banning Dr. Seuss ‘s books, he clarified in a statement that Dr. Seuss’ s books are still available in his libraries and classes. . The school had just decided to remove Read Across America Day from Dr. Seuss’s birthday because of the “strong racial promises” in some of the books he wrote and designed.
Read more: Dr Seuss has not been fired – but six of his books are based on racist images
In addition, the real estate writer appeared at $ 33 million in 2020 thanks to on-screen changes like “Green Eggs and Ham” for Netflix NFLX,
and the Warner Bros. three-film contract. with characters from “The Cat in the Hat” and the world of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”
And even if eBay can find the discontinued Dr. Seuss books, you may still find them on Amazon and Mercari.
Meanwhile, at the end of Thursday, nine of Amazon ‘s top 10 bestselling books (updated every hour) were Dr. Seuss titles – though not the six that will be stad.