'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. Photo: AP
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 on Tuesday.
"These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong, ” Dr Seuss Enterprises said in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.
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