A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories

A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories. 1997 hardcover. 304 pages, very nice condition.

An excellent compilation consisting of the complete versions of five classic Seuss stories: Bartholomew and the Oobleck, If I Ran the Zoo, Horton Hears a Who, The Sneetches and Other Stories, and Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book.

Notable for the inclusion of the no-longer-in-print If I Ran the Zoo, which has been criticized for its use of racial stereotypes and caricatures. In a 1988 biography of Dr. Seuss, Ruth K. MacDonald notes the perceived presence of "occasional stereotypes of native peoples—potbellied, thick-lipped blacks from Africa, squinty-eyed Orientals", that may offend some modern readers. On March 2, 2021, Dr. Seuss Enterprises withdrew If I Ran the Zoo and five other books from publication due to controversy surrounding racist images within those books.