He even knew where the tooth had been dug up, and how much it was worth.Īt the end of his presentation, he passed the tooth around so that all the children could go home and tell their families that they had actually touched a genuine dinosaur tooth that day. He knew how old the tooth was, and what kind of dinosaur it had come from. The boy stood in front of the classroom told everyone all about the tooth. One day in a California kindergarten classroom, a little boy brought a REAL dinosaur tooth in for show and tell. Seuss books were pulled due to racist and insensitive imagery."This book was partly inspired by a true story I once heard. The decision to no longer print the book comes after six Dr. It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends, and family, and to all Asian people.” “I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for this. “But this week it was brought to my attention that this book also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery,” he wrote. Pilkey, who is also behind the popular “Dog Man” series, also shared a letter apologizing on YouTube, in which he explained that the book was intended to “showcase diversity, equality, and non-violent conflict resolution.” We will take steps to inform schools and libraries who may still have this title in circulation of our decision to withdraw it from publication.” Scholastic says Pilkey’s book “perpetuates passive racism.” Blue Sky Press “Scholastic has removed the book from our websites, stopped fulfillment of any orders (domestically or abroad), contacted our retail partners to explain why this book is no longer available, and sought a return of all inventory. We are deeply sorry for this serious mistake,” the company said. “Together, we recognize that this book perpetuates passive racism. The publisher announced it will no longer distribute Dav Pilkey’s 2010 graphic novel, “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future,” saying in a statement released last week that the decision had been made with the “full support” of the author. Scholastic has pulled a popular children’s book written by the author of the “Captain Underpants” series - for promoting “passive racism.” I’m 300 lbs and have run eight marathons - screw the haters The tell-tail signs your cat is trying to communicate with you Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer-winning author of ‘The Road,’ dead at 89Įlite event planner spills on divas, sex-crazed bosses and real-life Succession
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