Dr Seuss's WOKE stepdaughter says he 'didn't have a "racist" bone in his body' but defends pulling of six titles because 'the world is in pain' One of Dr. Seuss' stepdaughters is speaking out to defend the late author following the announcement that six of his books will no longer be published because they contain racist and insensitive imagery. 'There wasn't a racist bone in that man's body,' Lark Grey Dimond-Cates told the New York Post of her stepfather, whose real name was Theodor Geisel, on Tuesday. 'He was so acutely aware of the world around him and cared so much.' Dimond-Cates said Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that preserves and protects the author's legacy, contacted her family on Monday night to inform them that it would stop printing six of his books. The books are: 'And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street', 'If I Ran the Zoo', 'McElligot's Pool', 'On Beyond Zebra!', 'Scrambled Eggs Super!', and 'The Cat's Quizzer'. Dimond-Cates said she hopes the books will be reintroduced someday but added that she understands why the decision was made. 'I think in this day and age it's a wise decision,' she said. 'I think this is a world that right now is in pain, and we've all got to be very gentle and thoughtful and kind with each other.'