![]() Horton, the elephant, appears again (he was introduced to the world in Horton Hatches the Egg (not featured in this book)), which is one of the most famous characters of Dr. Seuss’ work, presenting one of his strongest messages to the human civilization. Without a doubt, one of the crowned jewels of Dr. Because, after all,Ī person’s a person, no matter how small, It’s said that it’s not about the finish but the journey, but I think that a good ending always it’s relevant for the overall reading experience of a story. Illustrates quite well, again, the theme of “Dream Bigger”, but again, the ending (I won’t tell! Geez!) is kinda anti-climatic for my particular taste. It’s a wonderful tale about a young kid imagining what kind of animals, from every strange and oddball places around the world, he’d bring to the zoo and it that way to attract more audience to it. Seuss… and years later HE edited it their first book. In my humble opinion, of this kind of “Dream Bigger” trilogy (my point of view, not that they’d ever enlisted as such by anybody else): And to Think that I saw i ton Mulberry Street (above), McElligot’s Pool (this one), and If I ran the Zoo (below), I believe that it’s this very tale which better exemplifies the concept, presenting the right choice of coloring style, a mindblowing and funny shoal of wacko fishes, and a charming ending with endless possibilities.Īlso, it’s relevant to mention that thanks to this very tale, the world has too The Berenstain Bears since its creators, Stan and Jan Berenstain got the idea of creating their own series of children’s tales when their kid asked them to buy him this book, that at that moment, they didn’t have a clue who was Dr. Seuss only here and in another tale, Happy Birthday to You!), that since it’s about the possibilities of catching all kind of wacko fishes in a little pond, I think it was just perfect. Seuss colored using watercolor technique (used by Dr. Seuss wanting to expose how hard sometimes is for parents and children to have an open talk without worrying to look foolish to the other.Ī wonderful tale, the only one that Dr. However, I found the ending (I won’t tell, don’t worry) kinda anti-climatic, but I guess that maybe Dr. Where his only limitation is the extension of the road.ĭream bigger, it’s the message of this tale (at least for me). And obviously, never is too good, never is finished, always getting bigger and bigger. Seuss.Ī kid is walking to his home, and he’s thinking what “event” will talk about with his dad that he “saw” in Mulberry Street (the route to his home). Seuss, here, started it all.Īnd since this beginning, you can appreciate the distinctive style of Dr. I’ll say that a ZEBRA was pulling that cart. Seuss on hold, if your heart is still young and your imagination still can sprung.ĪND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET Thankfully, you are never too old to put Dr. And obviously I have watched too the films (live action and animated) of The Grinch, The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who and The Lorax.Īnd finally, I was able to read happily, these stories without worries. Later, I remember that I watched a TV documentary, made for kids, talking about Dr. Seuss’ work was through television, when I was a kid, with the now iconic Xmas Special by Chuck Jones’ art direction and Boris Karloff’s voice featuring The Grinch. Seuss’ work, I think that this book only miss Horton Hatches The Egg and The Butter Battle Book for having without a doubt the most relevant reading of Dr. In my humble (and quite limited) knowledge about Dr. Seuss’ collected volumes, usually, for some odd reason, they lack of How The Grinch Stole Christmas that it was essential for me, and happily I can say that this book indeed includes that immortal tale. Even better since when I had researched about Dr. Seuss and with a reasonable price ($34.99). So, I was quite excited when I found this very book, in a local bookstore, collecting thirteen of the most popular tales by Dr. And when I finally learned English well enough as to read books, well, it was kinda expensive (here, in my country) trying to buy the singles books by Dr. Seuss, that I have no doubt must lost a lot trying a translation, when I was a kid (and before) you wouldn’t find these books in our kindergartens or primary schools. In my country, Costa Rica, due our native language is Spanish, and also due the rhytmic style of Dr. The general rating is an average sum of the ratings given to each story contained in this book. Along with a brief history and photographs about the life of Dr. Seuss, featuring special introductions written for this book by many people impacted in different ways by the work of Dr. This is a book collecting thirteen of the most popular tales written and illustrated by Dr. ![]() A charming book, you must to take a look! ![]()
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