[ISLMA-Share] Read Across America - To Seuss or not to Seuss?

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One of my college professors back in the 1980's pointed out that "And to
think that I saw it on Mulberry Street" was sexist ("even Jane could think
of that").  If you love Dr. Seuss, enjoy Dr. Seuss.  The students don't
(probably) think of their books that way unless someone tells them to.

We are doing a Seuss themes family reading night (as voted for by the
teachers, not just me) this year.

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> There was controversy over Dr. Seuss last fall (librarian in MA said no to
> Mrs. Trump's book donation - saying Dr. was racist....), and some rumblings
> of changing the Read Across America (Mar 2) author. Is anyone doing
> something different, and can share?
>
> Thank you,
> Neha Thakkar
> Library Resource Information Specialist
> mrsthakkar2014 at gmail.com
> The Avery Coonley School
> Downers Grove, IL
> Follow @MrsThakkar
>
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