Clearing the Shelves.

I have no problem talking about the lack of girls when I read Dr. Seuss's books (or anyone else's) to children, any more than my parents, who were atheists, had problems giving me a book of Bible stories. COLUMNS Subject to Debate NEVER MIND DR. seuss's six discontinued books. for the record, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street is a work of considerable genius, despite the offending cartoon of a Chinese man eating rice, and McElligot's Pool is pretty great too, despite its use of the outmoded word "Eskimo", complete with clichéd depiction of an Inuit in fur-lined parka. However, as many have pointed out, the rights are owned by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and if it doesn't want to keep the books in print, that's its privilege, just the way Amazon is within its rights to drop When Harry Became Sally and keep Mein Kampf. [Extracted from the article]

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