![]() ![]() "It was and is wrong and harmful to my Asian readers, friends and family, and to all Asian people. ![]() "I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for this," he wrote Friday in a statement. Pilkey said he created the book to "showcase diversity, equality and non-violent conflict resolution" using "principles found in Chinese philosophy" but had recently been alerted that it "also contains harmful racial stereotypes and passively racist imagery." "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk," published in 2010, served as a spinoff of sorts from his popular "Captain Underpants" children's series: The two main characters from "Underpants" are listed as the author and illustrator of the book, during which they sought to clear up "science facts" with a story about time-traveling cavemen who train at Master Wong's School of Kung-Fu. Scholastic has pulled a book by "Captain Underpants" author Dav Pilkey that the publisher says "perpetuates passive racism." ![]() Seuss to no longer be the main focus of 'Read Across America Day' ![]()
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