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Are there subversive subtexts in Dr. Seuss?

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Our next title under the microscope during Banned Books week is the canonical nonsense tale of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. “I do not like them, Sam-I-am, I do not like green eggs and ham.” The People's Republic of China most notably concurred with this key mantra of Dr. read more

Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, is actually well known for his political subtext in children’s books. His career before children’s books was as a political cartoonist for the newspaper PM, most of which are about World War 2. read more

The Radically Subversive Philosophy of Dr. Seuss Jeffrey McLeod, PhD • April 28, AD2014 • 15 Comments The following actually happened during one of my lectures. read more

Seuss called himself “subversive as hell” and wanted kids to question authority. He wrote about fascism, bigotry, nuclear war China banned ‘Green Eggs & Ham’, schools banned ‘Yertel The Turtle’ and industry opposed ‘The Lorax’. read more

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