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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780375810619 ISBN: 0375810617 Label: Random House Books for Young Readers Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: 2004-10-12 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Release Date: 2004-10-12 Studio: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Editorial Reviews: From his very first book to his very last book, here in one big volume are 13 classic Dr. Seuss stories, everyone’s favorites. All of the words and virtually all of the illustrations are included. Each story is prefaced by a short essay by someone whose life was changed by Dr. Seuss or who is simply an unabashed admirer. Also included are photographs of Dr. Seuss, memorabilia, and original sketches from his books. The stories included are: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Horton Hears a Who!, McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, Happy Birthday to You!, Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book, Yertle the Turtle, The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax, The Sneetches, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) was born March 2, 1904, and died September 25, 1991. With introductory essays to each story by: Barbara Bader, Author and Critic Stan and Jan Berenstain, Creators of The Berenstain Bears Audrey Geisel, Widow of Dr. Seuss Peter Glassman, Children’s Bookseller Starr LaTronica, Children’s Librarian John Lithgow, Actor and Children’s Book Author Barbara Mason, Kindergarten Teacher Richard H. Minear, Author of Dr. Seuss Goes to War Christopher Paolini, Author of Eragon Charles D. Cohen, Author of The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss Pete Seeger, Folksinger Christopher Cerf, TV Writer, Composer, and Producer Lane Smith, Children’s Book Illustator
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: All the dr Suess you need Comment: I was so pleased with this book. I bought two, one for each of my nieces, and they loved them! The book is great quality/ hard cover. It had nearly all the orignial art work included in each story. The same book was on BN.com for $40. Great buy! Customer Rating: Summary: recommended Comment: Classical Seuss - which means a lot of fun for children as well as adults. The book itself is big enought for my 7 & 1/2 month old son to confortably sit on it. The only minus - too many black & white illustrations. Customer Rating: Summary: not a very good collection Comment: My kids and I love Dr. Suess very much, and yet, I don't recommend this collection. First, not all of these stories are of the interesting ones. There are many stories here that are of the kind of the nonesense books, stories that don't really have a plot, or a moral, or something changing, or any real caracter. I am talking about stories like "If I ran the zoo", "Things you see on Mullberry street", "McEligot's Pool". They mostly talk about all kinds of different funny animals. My kids like them, but I die of bordom when I read them, and I usually am fascinated with kids stories. So this book is a mixture of the two types of Dr. Suess's stories - the ones without plot, and the interesting ones with the plot, like "Yertle the Turtle", "Horton hears a who" and a few more. This is definitely not a collection of all of Dr. Suess's best stories. I have a feeling that the editors did not want to really collect all the interesting stories, becuase then we would not buy many books. There are many important stories that were left out. Second, the articles in front of each story are not interesting. They are mostly talking about how much these people love Dr. Suess. Not much to really learn about Dr. Suess or his stories. So these articles don't add much value. The pictures from Dr. Suess's desk are nice but not enough to justify the price or weight of this book. The conclusion: you get a few interesting stories, and not much more, for a high price, and end up with a very heavy book. Customer Rating: Summary: This is a thick & heavy "collectible" edition of 13 stories with extras... Comment: Every few weeks, I read one of these stories to my family after dinner as we sit at the table. Our kids are "older" than Dr. Seuss now but we have been enjoying re-visiting the memories of yesteryear as well as talking about the lessons in the stories that fit with junior high and high school age realities. Having a page of background about Dr. Seuss at the beginning of each story has been special as well ~ we've enjoyed getting to know more about this delightful man and his life. If you are buying Dr. Seuss to read to younger kids, you might prefer to buy the individual books which would be lighter, easier to hold, and thus more accessible relative to the pictures and the whole experience for the little one. But for our family, this volume has been really quite perfect :) Bon Appetit! Customer Rating: Summary: Dr Seuss collection Comment: Much more than a humorist or fanciful children's writer, Dr Seuss was ahead of his time...his social and political commentaries are much wider in scope than most people realize. He should be required reading through middle school--even beyond. His simple themes and observations ask the larger questions every society should continually ask and demand a commitment from the reader to chose a point of view. More Reviews