In contemporary society, such a picture or line just wouldn't fly. For us, one of the longer pauses came when we read the line "ith helpers who all wear their eyes at a slant" attached to a picture with some very stereotypical Chinese people (10.2). While reading If I Ran the Zoo, you may have given yourself pause in a few spots. Warning: The following conversation contains a healthy dose of - isms and some - ists, specifically: presentism, historicism, racism, nationalism, and ismists (i.e., people who put too much stock in the - isms of others). (That's what imagination will do to you.) Why Should I Care? If I Ran the Zoo is the first time we heardĪnd what would Shmoop be without that neat term?īut it might as well have gone out to sea.īut McGrew would once again leave his markĪs a permanent fixture in the awesome Seuss Landing.Ĭome one, come all, it's too good to be true! To tell all the wee-ones what words rhyme with spoon. He moved right along from snarky cartoons Writing kids' books was really quite nifty. Some curvy and zany, but none should you fear.Īnd all for the zoo-goers' fun and delight,Īs they'd waddle and toddle past all the fun sights. He'd fill it with animals from far and from near Who thought to himself just what he'd do, Our modern day, kooky, and male Mother Goose. Is the name if our book, born in the brain
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