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If i ran a zoo book5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() After several decades of criticism for these stereotypical caricatures, Dr. Published in 1950, If I Ran the Zoo has been criticized for racially insensitive depictions of Chinese, Nepalese, Pygmy, Persian, Turkish, and Cossack people. The story ends with Gerald standing before the lackluster lion exhibit at his local zoo, in the same spot he stood at the beginning. He speculates that the public will be amazed when they see his wondrous animals, which include a ten-footed lion and an elephant-cat hybrid. Because of the book's racist illustrations, Random House stopped publishing If I Ran the Zoo in 2021.ĭisappointed with the dull lion exhibit at the local zoo, Gerald McGrew narrates his dream of traversing the globe to real and imagined countries where he can capture exotic animals and bring them back to his zoo. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo is an illustrated children’s book about a boy who imagines running his own zoo. ![]()
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