Arcadia Public Library

Overview: As unique and funny to read as all of Dr. Seuss' work, these "lost" stories hold their own beside The Lorax, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and The Cat in the Hat. Brought together for the first time in a book, with a color palette that has been enhanced beyond the limitations of the magazines in which they appeared, this is a collection that Seuss fans of all ages won't want to miss! These stories, originally published in magazines between...

If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.

Poses questions for pondering: "Would you rather be a dog or be a cat?", "Would you rather live in igloos or in tents?", "Would you rather be a mermaid with a tail instead of feet?"

This book is the original (and the best) remedy for children who don't want to go to sleep. Sleep thoughts are spreading Throughout the whole land The time for night-brushing of teeth is at hand! The original story designed specifically for putting small children to sleep, Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book is full of wonderful yawning creatures who spread sleep thoughts at bedtime. More fun than counting sheep and more effective than the sandman, this book is...

Mr. Brown is an expert at imitating all sorts of noises. There isn't a sound Mr. Brown can't do, from a hippo's gumchewing to a goldfish's kiss. The noisemakers are graphically illustrated and the "sound effects" are printed in big lettering.

The narrator creates a nonsence alphabet of letters that come after Z.

Describes a birthday celebration in Katroo presided over by the Birthday Bird.

Relates in verse some of the unusual thinks you can think if only you try. A mad outpouring of made-up words, and intriguing ideas.

"A child realizes that while houses around the world may be very different, they are all alike when a friend asks you in"--

When Horton the Elephant hears a tiny voice calling for help from a speck of dust, he is determined to save his new friend. because a person's a person, no matter how small. He sets out to save the inhabitants of a speck of dust, in this classic and hilarious tale about friendship and respect from Dr. Seuss.