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Favourite Dr Seuss

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Ellieorange · 06/11/2006 09:34

Mine is 'The Sneetches'. Not widely available (you can get it in a collection of Dr Seuss on Amazon). Has great morals about social class, exclusion, wanting to be someone else/ desire to fit in, and many others - as well as being hilarious...like Green Eggs too

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Ellieorange · 06/11/2006 13:39

Oh yes, the Dave's are brill, only found it after I'd named my ds unfortunately - and the Zax is great too, about 2 very stubborn creatures who meet and won't budge so they are stuck for eternity. Those 3 are all in the collection I bought my mum along with the star bellied sneetches who had stars on their bellies and the ordinary sneetches who had 'none upon thars'.

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foxtrot · 06/11/2006 13:20

ah yes, its all coming back to me now (courtesy of a peep at amazon!) Mrs McCave and her twenty three sons and she named them all Dave.

MrsBadger · 06/11/2006 13:16

Foxtrot, it's called, um, Too Many Daves

clerkKent · 06/11/2006 13:13

Yes, The Lorax. I find it hard to believe this:

"The Lorax is arguably Seuss' most controversial work, having been banned in some schools and libraries for its political content"

Dr Seuss banned!

My first introduction to Dr Seuss was the beginners dictionary in French - ABC with every phrae in two languages. I did not come across Dr Seuss again for 35 years!

foxtrot · 06/11/2006 12:52

help me out here - the one that list all the brothers called Dave who should've had names like Marvin O Gravel Ballon Face???

foundintranslation · 06/11/2006 12:48

ds is nearly 18 months and loves 'Green Eggs' - he will bring it to me to read, saying 'ham, ham'

MrsBadger · 06/11/2006 12:46

The one with the trees being cut down was (I think) The Lorax
I liked it because of the word 'thneed'.
Also liked Green Eggs, which was the first one I ever read.

nebthenoob · 06/11/2006 12:43

Oh, the places you'll go

Fab for anyone trying something new. Also the Zax - especially for stubborn toddlers.

clerkKent · 06/11/2006 12:42

I can't remember the name of the one I am thinking about. It has a strong environmental message - if you chop down all the trees, then the wildlife will disappear and the planet will become grey. It was written in about 1970, so was well ahead of it's time.

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