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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
A fun rhyming book about a little boy imagining he has a variety of animal parts on his body, being so excited about the good parts of each animal part, then thinking about the cons and deciding he'd better not have that part (duck feet, antlers, etc.)
The moral of the story is to be happy with who you are, as you are.
Loved the rhymes. Loved the silly situations. The pictures are alright, even though I'm not a fan of that "dated" art style (and yes, I know this book is old!)
Ultimately, this was a good selection from most recent library trip.
The moral of the story is to be happy with who you are, as you are.
Loved the rhymes. Loved the silly situations. The pictures are alright, even though I'm not a fan of that "dated" art style (and yes, I know this book is old!)
Ultimately, this was a good selection from most recent library trip.
One of my favorites that I read/listened to more times than I can count as a child.
funny
lighthearted
I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss is a story I missed somehow as a child. My son introduced me to the book. He checked it out from the library and read it to me as part of his weekly free reading assignment for school.
The book centers on a young boy, probably about my son's age, who wants to change. He wants duck feet, or antlers or a whale spout among other alterations to his body. He thinks of all the wonderful things he could do with his new powers and then the problems he would have with them.
Things get out of hand with his imagination and soon he's the latest attraction at the zoo. Sean felt horrible for the boy when he's locked up with only hay to eat. It wasn't humane treatment for a boy with "monster powers" nor was it proper treatment for a monster.
The book is cute but not one of my favorites. I'm not keen on his boy having adventures or imaging amazing things types of books. I prefer his sillier books like Fox in Socks and Red Fish, Blue Fish, Old Fish, New Fish. The one execption to this rule is McElligot's Pool.
The book centers on a young boy, probably about my son's age, who wants to change. He wants duck feet, or antlers or a whale spout among other alterations to his body. He thinks of all the wonderful things he could do with his new powers and then the problems he would have with them.
Things get out of hand with his imagination and soon he's the latest attraction at the zoo. Sean felt horrible for the boy when he's locked up with only hay to eat. It wasn't humane treatment for a boy with "monster powers" nor was it proper treatment for a monster.
The book is cute but not one of my favorites. I'm not keen on his boy having adventures or imaging amazing things types of books. I prefer his sillier books like Fox in Socks and Red Fish, Blue Fish, Old Fish, New Fish. The one execption to this rule is McElligot's Pool.
I was just thinking the other day that I wouldn't want to be anyone but me because I wouldn't know how to be anyone but me. :) This book tackles the same theme through a boy trying on different animals' attributes and finding them all fun for a bit but lacking somewhat too; he concludes it's better to just be you.
It's a great book about embracing who you are but also kinda a terrible book about embracing how boring and banal you are and that there is nothing special about you. =/
Well written though.
Well written though.
Until this book, I had no idea that Seuss wrote other early readers under a different name Tho. LeStieg. LeSieg is Geisel backwards. He did this for books that he wrote, but did not illustrate. It’s a shame he didn’t illustrate this book. The illustrations are great, but I would love to see what Seuss would do. The story is fun, rhymes and BTobey did great illustrations. Just what a reader expects from Seuss.