Readers took issue with the setting being described as 'scary,' and the group of antagonists 'unfriendly' and 'dangerous', sharing pictures of the offending pages to Facebook and Twitter.
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The stars of the Oxford Reading Tree series - now a Cbeebies TV show - find themselves embroiled in the adventure after being magically transported to the unnamed land. She tells the child protagonists, Wilf and Biff, that she cannot become Queen in her homeland without the blue crystal.Ī book called The Blue Eye has been pulled by publishers after social media users called out its portrayal of seemingly Muslim characters, saying it encouraged Islamophobia and racism The adventure features a princess named Aisha, who is being chased by a hoard of angry men determined to steal a magic stone called The Blue Eye from her. The publishers - Oxford University Press - have since removed the book from publication and apologised for any offence caused. Social media commentators suggested it was teaching kids to be racist and Islamophobic. The Oxford Reading Tree book, entitled The Blue Eye, by Roderick Hunt, was deemed offensive after baddies in the children's book - perceived to be Muslim - were described as 'unfriendly' and 'scary'. The Biff, Chip and Kipper story - used in classrooms across the UK to help teach children to read - sees the protagonists magically transported to a generic Middle Eastern-looking country. Oxford University publishers have apologised and pulled a children's book from shelves amid allegations the story and its illustrations are racist and Islamophobic.
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