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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
I love these books and Horton hears a who is one of my favourite which has a really good storyline. :)
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It was not until I read this to my four-year-old granddaughter, who asked why the other animals were trying to kill Horton, that I realized that Dr. Seuss is basically saying that if you "hear voices" or "can't prove your experience is real," everyone--and oh yes he means EVERYONE--in the jungle will want to kill you.
We are fairly blind to the way we treat the mentally ill, who often are not in a good position to "prove the voices are real" or that the illness is not laziness or a matter of choice.
And I certainly wasn't going to explain that to my granddaughter, who worries about others enough as it is.
We are fairly blind to the way we treat the mentally ill, who often are not in a good position to "prove the voices are real" or that the illness is not laziness or a matter of choice.
And I certainly wasn't going to explain that to my granddaughter, who worries about others enough as it is.
I think reading Dr. Seuss books are becoming one of my favorite things to do. I can't believe I haven't read every single book as a child.
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Lovely read. A good moral incorporated. Not a single dull moment.
I even watched the movie and it is one of my favorite animated movies.
Happy Reading!!
Lovely read. A good moral incorporated. Not a single dull moment.
I even watched the movie and it is one of my favorite animated movies.
Happy Reading!!
A bizarre notion popped into my head: Horton and Oskar Schindler have a lot in common. They both rescued groups in need of saving and deeply cared about populations that other people held up to ridicule.
Dr. Seuss books can be read on many levels, and Horton is no exception. On the one hand, Seuss is just so darn much fun. With the jiggery-pokery rhyme schemes, and happy primary color illustrations, his books beg to be read aloud, and shared. At the same time though, Seuss always manages to sneak a moral into his stories. This one is about personal responsibility. Oh, if we could all only be a little more like Horton and his pal Oskar!
Dr. Seuss books can be read on many levels, and Horton is no exception. On the one hand, Seuss is just so darn much fun. With the jiggery-pokery rhyme schemes, and happy primary color illustrations, his books beg to be read aloud, and shared. At the same time though, Seuss always manages to sneak a moral into his stories. This one is about personal responsibility. Oh, if we could all only be a little more like Horton and his pal Oskar!