Controversial Dr. Seuss books will remain on shelves of local library system Wood County District Public library director Michael Penrod says they don't remove offensive books from shelves but instead hope to use them as learning tools. Author: Michael Tatar (WTOL), WTOL Newsroom Published: 10:54 PM EDT March 14, 2021 Updated: 9:35 AM EDT March 15, 2021 BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — There's a national discussion surrounding Dr. Seuss books, after the business that preserves and protects the famous children’s author’s legacy announced it would stop producing six of his books because of racist undertones. But at least one local library has no plans to remove the titles from their shelves and instead will keep them available so they can be used as learning tools.