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More than a dozen books penned by hopped onto ’s best-sellers ranking after the company that oversees the estate of the iconic children’s author said it decided toAs of Tuesday afternoon, 13 of the top 20 best-selling books listed on Amazon in the U.S. were by Dr. Seuss.Among those were four of the books that Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it will stop publishing and licensing: “If I Ran the Zoo” (No. 6), “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” (No. 12), “On Beyond Zebra!” (No. 19) and “Scrambled Eggs Super!” (No. 14). The surge in sales reflected a desire by fans to get copies of the now-blacklisted books.On Amazon, three copies of the 1989 edition of “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Hardcover” were listed at prices of $429.25, $999.99 and $10,000. A copy of “On Beyond Zebra!” was listed at $890 and two copies of “McElligot’s Pool,” which is also being pulled from print, were listed at $2,500 each.Amid the widespread attention to Dr. Seuss and discussion of “cancel culture,” other books by the late Theodor Seuss Geisel, most of which are not in danger of being discontinued, also saw big jumps in demand.No. 1 on Amazon’s U.S. best-sellers list was “,” a compilation of five classic Seuss books; No. 2 was ““; No. 4 was ““; and “” stood at No. 5.Also on the chart were “” (No. 7); “?: (No. 9); “” (No. 10); “” (No. 13); ” (No 18); and “” (No. 20).The offensive depictions in the six Dr. Seuss books in question include two monkey-like characters from “the African island of Yerka” in “If I Ran the Zoo” and a Chinese character in “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” who is drawn with stereotypically racist characteristics including a pointed hat and lines for eyes.JavaScript is required to load the comments.Loading comments...A Variety and iHeartRadio PodcastadTo help keep your account secure, please log-in again.You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in.For assistance, contact your corporate administrator.

More than a dozen books penned by hopped onto ’s best-sellers ranking after the company that oversees the estate of the iconic children’s author said it decided toAs of Tuesday afternoon, 13 of the top 20 best-selling books listed on Amazon in the U.S. were by Dr. Seuss.Among those were four of the books that Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it will stop publishing and licensing: “If I Ran the Zoo” (No. 6), “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” (No. 12), “On Beyond Zebra!” (No. 19) and “Scrambled Eggs Super!” (No. 14). The surge in sales reflected a desire by fans to get copies of the...

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Todd Spangler covers digital media and technology for Variety, which he joined in 2013. A business and technology journalist with more than 25 years of experience, he previously was technology editor at cable industry publication Multichannel News and news editor at IT journal Baseline. Earlier in his career, Todd worked at tech and internet publications including PC Magazine, Interactive Week, Web Week and Internet World. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

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