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While she said that the portrayal of a Chinese man in Mulberry Street was âdeeply offensiveâ she didnât think if Geisel was alive today he would nail his colours to the mast of those titles. âHe was deeply intelligent and understood the human condition and the importance of representing it for children.â Credit: Thereâs no question of booksellers not stocking Dr Seuss books. Lindy Jones, former Miles Franklin judge and head buyer for Abbeyâs Bookshop in Sydney, was âhorrifiedâ by the decision to excise the six from the Seuss catalogue. âChildren donât actually have racial prejudice unless adults tell them to. Do the kids notice there are chopsticks [in the illustration in