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'Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed.

'Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed.

'Read Across America Day,' once synonymous with Dr. Seuss, is diversifying. Here's why things have changed.
Mar 02, 2021 1 min, 45 secs

Tuesday is Read Across America Day and Dr.

Seuss and his birthday, but instead shift focus to diverse children's books.

Monday marks the start of National Reading Month – with celebrations across the nation planned for Read Across America Day on Tuesday.

The day will look a little different this year as many students learn virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seuss to a focus on diverse children's books, a decision that has generated controversy on social media. .

While President Joe Biden noted in his Read Across America Day presidential proclamation that “for many Americans, the path to literacy begins with story time in their school classroom” – and that the day was an important recommitment to the goal of national reading comprehension – he differed from Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama in leaving out Dr.

This year, it will be held on his 117th birthday.  And for many Americans, Read Across America Day is celebrated alongside his birthday.

Over the past few years, however, the day's focus has shifted from the author because of new attention toward inclusivity in children's literature and a confrontation with racist undertones in Seuss's body of work. .

The school district quickly released a statement to clarify, writing that given the 2019 study and the district's "focus on equity and culturally responsive instruction," it released guidance to schools "during the past couple of years" to not connect Read Across America Day exclusively with Dr

“It's not about reading or not reading certain books, it’s about raising awareness around the social and systemic bias that such books promote,” Stephens said in 2017

The NEA has a list of recommended reading for the year, which caters to a diversity of readers, on its website

The books are: “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," “If I Ran the Zoo,” “McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer.”

Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the author and illustrator’s birthday. “Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr

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