

Series: Beginner Books(R)
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (July 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553524259
ISBN-13: 978-0553524253
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (250 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #13,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #49 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Dr. Seuss #52 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Stories In Verse #59 in Books > Children's Books > Early Learning > Poetry
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2

This book was one of the five that I most enjoyed reading to our four children when they were young. Upon rereading the book, I bgan to realize why I enjoyed it so much . . . as well as why they did.Children begin with quite vivid imaginations, and education (and the socializing process) quickly discourage their imaginations in favor of coloring between the lines (following the conformist rules). This wonderful book by Dr. Seuss extolls the creative process and liberates the child (and the parent) to use their imaginations. "THINK! You can think any THINK that you wish . . . Think of a race on a horse on a ball with a fish!" It's like getting a license to use your natural creativity.The book encourages creativity in a variety of effective ways. As the above quote shows, juxtaposition (combined with wonderfully funny illustrations) can allow the child to see that words can be jumbled together in ways to create fantastic images. The book begins and ends with this method.Through the book, the illustrations are drawn to highlight the unusual. Many different colors are combined, in odd ways, and in odd shapes.Then, after the imagination is revved up a bit, Dr. Seuss begins to do mental pirouettes by introducing such creatures as GUFFS (fuzzy orange creatures with tails that have large furry balls along them them), SNUVS (yellow creatures wearing color mismatched gloves -- you can see how the name sometimes helps with the rhyming), BLOOGS (green, yellow, and blue creatures blowing by in the white sky above the black water), and ZONGS (with a tail that is 15 times as long as the body which winds among blue and pink mushrooms).
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