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The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
by: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780394823379
ISBN: 0394823370
Label: Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 72
Publication Date: August 12, 1971
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: August 12, 1971
Studio: Random House Books for Young Readers
Sales Rank: 3021

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Illus. in full color. "The big, colorful pictures and the fun images, word plays and rhymes make this an amusing exposition of the ecology crisis."--School Library Journal.

Amazon.com Review:
When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.

The now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.") As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. (Ages 4 to 8)

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- The Sound of Living Down Slow Into the Ground
There's not much to say, so many things to write
About this book by Seuss, a zinger with a theme that's less than trite
As usual he invents words and things and animals to delight
There's no stopping his inventiveness, his genius gives me to fright
But read on I must, and so must you
For he offers a commentary on the world around too
It isn't so sweet really, and the kids would do well
To learn this early instead of thinking all's swell
The trees of Truffula offered fruit divine
Until they were all chopped down by a capitalist swine
He doesn't really say that, I phrased it myself
Forgive the intensity from this young scribe elf
But you see, just recently I had this vision
Of a culture that's driven
Past the ... Read More

Rating:

- El Lorax Rocks!
Aida E. Marcuse is a genius! I've read other Dr. Seuss books that were translated literally, and if you know Dr. Seuss, that won't work at all. It's all about rhymes.
Aida E. Marcuse understands this and has done an outstanding job with this and several other Suess books, in particular [Huevos Verdes con Jamon.]
Si, me gusto Juan Ramon! :)

Rating:

- I guess I'm a tree-hugger
Okay, so this is probably as preachy as Dr. Suess gets, and it just might get on the nerves of some people, but the tree hugger in me salutes him for it, even as he paints a grimmer picture of environmental destruction than Al Gore ever thought of.

Even so, it's clearly Suess with his imaginative worlds and funny characters.

It's a solemn book of warning that it pretty darn good into scaring kids into being careful with the environment.

And that's not a bad thing.

Rating:

- Human-environmental interaction
I could not wait to present this lesson to the class this year. Teaching seventh grade and the 5 themes of geography this book lends itself to many of those themes but mostly human-environmental interaction (how human interact and change the environment to fit their needs). Not only does this book show that but it really visualizes how we negatively impact the Earth for our own selfish needs. Again my students are in love with the facts that I am reading them a storybook and after the discussion they see that it isn't a plain, old storybook but it really does have a significant meaning.

Rating:

- The Dr.'s Inspiring Masterpiece
Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Baby

While most Dr. Suess stories are pure fun without any heavy message, The Lorax delivers an extremely blunt lesson on ecology. What's amazing is that Dr. Suess does this with a narrative that is engaging, entertaining and ultimately inspiring. You might think a book with such a heavy message could be a turn-off to young children, but I have found the opposite. My preschoolers find this story absorbing. I think they understand there is something truly important at stake, so the book means more to them than other Dr. Suess titles.

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