Episode 175 - And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

And to think we had never read this book before. When we heard that the Dr. Seuss estate was pulling six relatively obscure Seuss titles from publication due to offensive content, we thought we might try one on for size. We'd already done the worst of the bunch (inarguably If I Ran the Zoo) but since we just did Eric Carle's very first illustrated picture book last week, why not do the very first Dr. Seuss circa 1937? That was a while ago. Beatrix Potter liked it, but will we? Mmm. Show Notes: - Should you wish to read it, you can find the New York Times piece Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled and a Cancel Culture Controversy Erupts here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/books/dr-seuss-books.html - Kate mentions in the course of things that Universal has a If I Ran the Zoo section. We then discovered the newspaper article Universal Orlando 'evaluating' future of Seuss Landing, named after yanked book: https://nypost.com/2021/03/03/universal-evaluating-area-named-for-yanked-dr-seuss-book/ -Recall that this book came up as problematic in the past. Grace Lin called this one out years ago. As recently as 2017 she saw that it was part of a mural at the Dr. Seuss Museum and brought it to national attention: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjgsrzd35_vAhWKbs0KHUPTCVwQFjAAegQIARAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F10%2F06%2Fus%2Fdr-seuss-museum-mural.html&usg=AOvVaw2WtK9WMmdZR69L6rQeL-72 - Kate's Grown-Up Things She Likes: Nightstalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer -https://www.netflix.com/title/81025701 -The Podcast: My Favorite Murder - https://myfavoritemurder.com/ -Betsy's Grown-Up Things She Likes: My Heritage, Deep Nostalgia. https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia For the full Show Notes please visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2021/03/08/fuse-8-n-kate-and-to-think-that-i-saw-it-on-mulberry-street-by-dr-seuss/