![]() ![]() They travel forward in time to the year 2222. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk follows a pair of cavekids who live in prehistoric times with dinosaurs. Seuss books will no longer be published due to racist imagesĮven the author, Dav Pilkey, agreed the book includes stereotypes - or oversimplified and negative portrayals - of Asian people. Now, that spinoff is being pulled off the shelves from bookstores and libraries and returned to its publisher, Scholastic, because they say it “perpetuates passive racism.” You may also remember one of its spinoffs, a graphic novel called The Adventures of Ook and Gluk. ![]() If you were ever a fan of the Captain Underpants series, you probably remember pages upon pages of farts, poops and crime fighting. The publisher and author agree it includes unfair stereotypes of Asian people. ![]() started a petition saying the book has racist imagery. The Adventures of Ook and Gluk by Dav Pilkey has been pulled from shelves.Ī man in the U.S. Book includes harmful stereotypes, publisher says ![]()
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