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Meanwhile on Tuesday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it would stop printing six books because of racist and insensitive imagery. Launched in 1998 by the NEA, Read Across America Day was created as ...
President Biden appears to have erased Dr. Seuss from "Read Across America Day", the annual celebration of reading in honor of the legendary children's author, whose birthday falls on March 2.
The good Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel, has been dropped from the annual ‘Read Across America’ event, a national day to encourage reading. Dr. Seuss books have long been a staple of the program.
Dr. Seuss died in 1991, seven years before Read Across America Day was first celebrated. At the time, Bob Chase, then-NEA president, said: "We are calling for every child in every school in every ...
Biden didn't mention Dr. Seuss by name in his 2021 proclamation recognizing Read Across America Day, whereas some of his predecessors had. What's False Efforts to move away from tying the author ...
President Biden removed mentions of Dr. Seuss from Read Across America Day amid accusations of “racial undertones” in the classic, whimsical tales for children. Read Across America Day ...
It’s Read Across America Day, which means millions of school children across the country will be celebrating today (or even all week) with Dr. Seuss-themed activities. The day, created by the ...
Today is Read Across America Day, a day dedicated to encouraging children to read that has traditionally been synonymous with the children's author, Dr. Seuss. However, President Joe Biden may ...
To celebrate his life and contributions, National Read Across America Day – also known as Dr. Seuss Day – occurs on his birthday each year. In recent years, a renewed focus for National Read ...
The Pearland Library, a branch of the Brazoria County Library System, will celebrate Read Across America with a Dr. Seuss birthday party on Tuesday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the branch’s meeting ...