A review by nanaofnaia
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss

1.0

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.