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  • The controversy over six discontinued Dr. Seuss books had led to the books being sold on secondary markets like eBay. 1 / 8

  • Dr. Seuss Enterprises discontinued six Seuss book that the company felt depicted certain groups "in ways that are hurtful and wrong." 2 / 8

  • None of the six books were big sellers, with If I Ran The Zoo selling the most copies in 2020 with 7,000 copies sold. That's less than half what Green Egg and Ham sells in a WEEK. 3 / 8

  • One of the books, though, And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, was Seuss' first ever children's book. 4 / 8

  • One of the books discontinued, The Cat's Quizzer, didn't even crack double digits in sales in 2020. 5 / 8

  • The discontinued books started selling on eBay for exorbitant prices, hundreds of dollars per lesser-known work and over $100 for the more popular ones. 6 / 8

  • Even recent anthology collections were selling for over $100. eBay, though, then delisted the books on Wednesday headed into Thursday. 7 / 8

  • eBay explained that the books violated its offensive materials policy and could not be sold any longer. They're still being sold on other secondary markets, like Amazon. 8 / 8