Galvanized by the 1954 Life magazine profile "Why Johnny Can't Read" lambasting the uninspired Dick and Jane primers, Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) meant to teach kids how to read by using clever phonics to hold their interest (of all novel concepts!). The Cat in the Hat is now (and has been for decades since its publication) the paradigmatic beginning reader book. Yes, there are unexplainable happenings, starting with why these ...
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Have you had any grinchy moments yet, this holiday season? Those days when you'd like nothing better than to toss all the cards, presents, wrapping paper, groceries, trees and decorations over a cliff? It's okay - you're not the only one! And unlike Mr. Grinch, you've got your very own Cindy-Lou Who to look up at you with darling, soulful eyes and remind you that whether or not the preparations ...
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This volume gives you a three-for-one bonanze of exceptional Dr. Seuss tales, which means it just may be the single hardback book you should slip into your carry-on for a plane flight or otherwise keep easily at hand. The story of King Yertle offers a cleverly rhymed morality tale about standing up to selfish, self-appointed dictators. Your little one's run-ins with dictators will hopefully be limited to the playground type, ...
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This 1974 gem is really one-of-a-kind - Dr. Seuss wrote the text but the illustrations come from Quentin Blake, an English artist whom Geisel specially chose for the task. The words are vintage Seuss, but the pictures are different, and charmingly so. There's a lighter line and more crowded collections of people and animals, but there's every bit the same dose of whimsy and fun. This one is a morning ...
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There's no one like Dr. Seuss to show us that you don't need to go to the circus to go to the circus, if you follow. The circus in young Morris McGurk's mind (Circus McGurkus, of course) is much more amazing than any you can buy a ticket for. This rollicking ode to a child's imagination will take your breath away. The greatest show on earth (or rather on paper), ...
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If you could have anyone, we mean anyone, magically appear at your doorstep to wish your child a happy birthday, Dr. Seuss would have to be high on the list, right? Well here he is, at the ready, and in very fine form. Only the Doctor himself could produce a "Birthday Bird" who, when a child's birthday comes around, "is in charge of it all" (no more party-planning necessary - ...
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It's a silly book. It's a strange book. It's the perfect introduction to Dr. Seuss. In this most nonsensical of nonsense poems, Dr. Seuss teaches rhythm, rhyme and the delights of manipulating language. He also teaches the fundamental precept of Seussian philosophy: “Everyday, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." Our children know that already, but we parents do need the reminder once in ...
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No list of Dr. Seuss specials could omit this wordplay masterpiece because - well, frankly because we do have a feeling that there's a zamp in the lamp. Not to mention a nink in the sink... And we are pretty sure that the next time you speak with that zelf up on that shelf (we know, you talk to her yourself), she'll tell you that your little one will simply ...
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Your little one may have received this as a welcome-to-the-world present. You may have received this as a college graduation present. (Yes, it was published in 1990, which seems to some of us like just a minute or two ago....) In either case, you both should read it now. It's tends just a mite toward the sticky sweet in a way that other Dr. Seuss classics never do, but it's ...
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There is no better way to teach a powerful lesson about caring for the earth and our environment, and there is absolutely no more fun way to do it than this: pull your little one onto your lap and tell her the story of the Lorax, the allegory about the greedy Once-ler who decimated his gorgeous corner of the world by clear-cutting Truffula Trees for his mass-market Thneeds. Teach her ...
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