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You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children
by: Dr. Seuss

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780394551906
ISBN: 0394551907
Label: Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: February 12, 1986
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Release Date: February 12, 1986
Studio: Random House Books for Young Readers
Sales Rank: 14552

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Dr. Seuss lightens the aches and pains of growing old with his inimitable wit and wisdom. In this new defense against aging, we follow our hapless hero through his checkup with the experts at the Golden Years Clinic.

Amazon.com Review:
Subtitled A Book for Obsolete Children, this unusual item in the Seuss canon doesn't really belong among the children's books. Written to celebrate the nonsense master's 82nd birthday, it follows "you" (an elderly gent in a suit and white moustache) through a physical check-up in some fiendish geriatric clinic. You are measured, prodded, and subjected to all the medical indignities familiar and unfamiliar to the elderly. "You must see Dr. Pollen, our Allergy Whiz, who knows every sniffle and itch that there is... He will check your reactions to thumbtacks and glue, catcher's mitts, leaf mould, and cardigans too. Nasturtiums and marble cake, white and blue chalks, anthracite coal and the feathers of hawks." It's clear that the process is going to be long, but much shorter than the bill. The blurb on the back says it all: "Is this a children's book? Well... not immediately. You buy a copy for your child now and you give it to him on his 70th birthday." Actually, it would make an amusing gift for anyone over 40. --Richard Farr

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- true to a fault
First, you've just got to love Dr. Seuss.
Second, you must be able to see the truth in this and laugh.
Third, keep laughing, because if you don't, you may cry.
"How did I get this old?!" (not that I'm complaining) (much)
This should be required reading in medical schools.

Rating:

- A Fun Book for Adults
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Rating:

- hospital gift-better than flowers
What do you get a friend/relative going into the hospital? Well, this book is ideal and much better than flowers. It will make them laugh.

Rating:

- Cute and How True!
Dr. Seuss writes from personal experience, and this experience says a lot about the medical field! It is so good to see some humor concerning the fears and anxieties of growing old.

Rating:

- Close to the truth
Easy to order. Arrived on time.
A funny book for us old folks. I have ordered copies for my aging friends.

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