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emkoshka's review
3.0
It's nice to see Bartholomew Cubbins of the 500 hats return, and in an advanced role as a page boy to the king this time. This is a cute (and gooey) cautionary tale about the disaster that can occur when you mess with nature in seeking to create something new and seemingly exciting. Be grateful for the dependable boringness of what you have...
linyarai's review
3.0
I read this for the "Title Beginning With B" part of my 2020 reading challenge. It was very different for something Seuss, but it was still a good story. The images reminded me of Whoville.
kingjason's review
4.0
Pretty good story about a mad king abusing his power and trying to take on the weather. To the king rain, wind, snow and sun are all pretty boring so he gets his creepy magicians to conjure up something new. So they create Oobleck which creates all sorts of problems for the king, turns out there is no hope unless the king takes responsibilities for his actions.
Dr Seuss teaches us in this book that when it's raining green sticky stuff always blame the king.
Dr Seuss teaches us in this book that when it's raining green sticky stuff always blame the king.
petrajaga's review
3.0
That.
Escalated.
Quickly.
Yay for Bartholomew holding on to common sense, though!
Escalated.
Quickly.
Yay for Bartholomew holding on to common sense, though!
luann's review
4.0
A Dr. Seuss book that doesn't rhyme! I like it. It's also one of the longer Dr. Seuss stories that is great for older students. And this is one of the three Dr. Seuss books to win a Caldecott Honor. I don't ever remember reading this one when I was young, but I wish I had! This is a very nice story about Bartholomew the page boy who tries to warn the King not to want something new to fall from the sky.
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