The American writer was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his contribution to the education of young children. The book was ultimately retained in the Toronto Public Library’s children’s collection after members of the review committee decided that the book was designed to engage children, and that the story actually advises children against hopping on their fathers.īowles said the committee reviewed the book based on its content, as well as the reputation of its author, Theodor Seuss Geisel. The patron recommended the book be removed, and requested the Toronto Public Library not only apologize to Greater Toronto Area fathers but pay damages resulting from the book's violent message. "The complaint was that it was violent and encouraged children to be violent with their fathers," Vi ckery Bowles, the Toronto Public Library’s director of collections management, told CTV News Channel on Tuesday. Seuss was one of seven books that patrons have asked Toronto Public Library to remove from its collection over the past year.Ī library patron asked the library's materials review committee to pull "Hop on Pop," a children's classic written in 1963, because of the book's violent themes.
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