[aisle] Dr. Seuss Controversy

[Michele Whisenhunt]

I only have two of the books.  I  have not been asked to remove them.  Our
school has chosen to not celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, replacing it with a
week-long celebration of different kinds of books, including multicultural
books.



On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:02 PM Pres Elect via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The President (Veronica Defazio )of Illinois Library Association is being
> interviewed about the controversy with Dr Seuss?  With six of his books not
> being published because of racism.
>
> Here is a news account about the issue
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-street.amp.html
>
> Veronica reached out to me to get info about schools.
> My question is have you been asked to remove them or anything else.
> I would like to Veronica information from the school side.
>
> Thank you
>
> Mary Jo Matousek
> President Elect AISLE
> Preselect at aisled.org
>
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Michele Whisenhunt
Librarian, Southeast Elementary School
Sycamore, IL

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