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Overview

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original publication, we're making available for a limited time only a special full-foil covered Party Edition of The Sneetches and Other Stories at the regular edition price of $14.99. The four wildly whimsical stories in this collection—"The Sneetches," "The Zax," "Too Many Daves," and "What Was I Scared Of?"—touch on important moral issues, and while they can be read for sheer pleasure, they are also ideal for sparking conversationsabout tolerance, the need for compromise, and fear of the unknown. Perfect for young Seuss fans and collectors of all ages, this is a gift that can be enjoyed by the whole family on many different levels.  

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Overview

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its original publication, we're making available for a limited time only a special full-foil covered Party Edition of The Sneetches and Other Stories at the regular edition price of $14.99. The four wildly whimsical stories in this collection—"The Sneetches," "The Zax," "Too Many Daves," and "What Was I Scared Of?"—touch on important moral issues, and while they can be read for sheer pleasure, they are also ideal for sparking conversationsabout tolerance, the need for compromise, and fear of the unknown. Perfect for young Seuss fans and collectors of all ages, this is a gift that can be enjoyed by the whole family on many different levels.  

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780394800899
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publication date: 8/28/1961
  • Pages: 72
  • Sales rank: 12,782
  • Age range: 6 - 9 Years
  • Lexile: NPL (what's this?)
  • Series: Classic Seuss Series
  • Product dimensions: 8.31 (w) x 11.31 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss is quite simply the most beloved children's book author in the world.

Biography

Now that generations of readers have been reared on The Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks, it's easy to forget how colorless most children's books were before Dr. Seuss reinvented the genre. When the editorial cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1936, the book was turned down by 27 publishers, many of whom said it was "too different." Geisel was about to burn his manuscript when it was rescued and published, under the pen name Dr. Seuss, by a college classmate.

Over the next two decades, Geisel concocted such delightfully loopy tales as The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and Horton Hears a Who. Most of his books earned excellent reviews, and three received Caldecott Honor Awards. But it was the 1957 publication of The Cat in the Hat that catapulted Geisel to celebrity.

Rudolf Flesch's book Why Johnny Can't Read, along with a related Life magazine article, had recently charged that children's primers were too pallid and bland to inspire an interest in reading. The Cat in the Hat, written with 220 words from a first-grade vocabulary list, "worked like a karate chop on the weary little world of Dick, Jane and Spot," as Ellen Goodman wrote in The Detroit Free Press. With its vivid illustrations, rhyming text and topsy-turvy plot, Geisel's book for beginning readers was anything but bland. It sold nearly a million copies within three years.

Geisel was named president of Beginner Books, a new venture of Random House, where he worked with writers and artists like P.D. Eastman, Michael Frith, Al Perkins, and Roy McKie, some of whom collaborated with him on book projects. For books he wrote but didn't illustrate, Geisel used the pen name Theo LeSieg (LeSieg is Geisel spelled backwards).

As Dr. Seuss, he continued to write bestsellers. Some, like Green Eggs and Ham and the tongue-twisting Fox in Socks, were aimed at beginning readers. Others could be read by older children or read aloud by parents, who were often as captivated as their kids by Geisel's wit and imagination. Geisel's visual style appealed to television and film directors, too: The animator Chuck Jones, who had worked with Geisel on a series of Army training films, brought How the Grinch Stole Christmas! to life as a hugely popular animated TV special in 1966. A live-action movie starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch was released in 2000.

Many Dr. Seuss stories have serious undertones: The Butter Battle Book, for example, parodies the nuclear arms race. But whether he was teaching vocabulary words or values, Geisel never wrote plodding lesson books. All his stories are animated by a lively sense of visual and verbal play. At the time of his death in 1991, his books had sold more than 200 million copies. Bennett Cerf, Geisel's publisher, liked to say that of all the distinguished authors he had worked with, only one was a genius: Dr. Seuss.

Good To Know

The Cat in the Hat was written at the urging of editor William Spaulding, who insisted that a book for first-graders should have no more than 225 words. Later, Bennett Cerf bet Geisel $50 that he couldn't write a book with just 50 words. Geisel won the bet with Green Eggs and Ham, though to his recollection, Cerf never paid him the $50.

Geisel faced another challenge in 1974, when his friend Art Buchwald dared him to write a political book. Geisel picked up a copy of Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! and a pen, crossed out each mention of the name "Marvin K. Mooney," and replaced it with "Richard M. Nixon." Buchwald reprinted the results in his syndicated column. Nine days later, President Nixon announced his resignation.

The American Heritage Dictionary says the word "nerd" first appeared in print in the Dr. Seuss book If I Ran the Zoo: "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo / And bring back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo / A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!" The word "grinch," after the title character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, is defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as a killjoy or spoilsport.

    1. Also Known As:
      Theodor Seuss Geisel (full name); also: Theo LeSieg, Rosetta Stone
    1. Date of Birth:
      March 2, 1904
    2. Place of Birth:
      Springfield, Massachusetts
    1. Date of Death:
      September 4, 1991
    2. Place of Death:
      La Jolla, California

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 17, 2010

    Sneetches: Great fun for 3 year olds with a good message

    I was never aware of this Dr. Seuss book and it is ashame it isn't more popular like some of the others. The Sneetches is a great story of being an outsider/insider and learning to be yourself. The consequences may be out of a 3 year olds range for now, but that can explained. I really enjoyed the meaning of the story. The other stories are quite fun. There is one about green pants and my daughter just laughed and laughed at this story. It was so much fun and I recommend it for the lesson and just the absurdity of pants walking around by itself. My daughter and I had great fun reading this book.

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  • Posted May 5, 2010

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    Worth EVERY cent...you should run out & buy this book! :)

    My son LOVES this book! He's 5yr old but we've been reading Dr. Seuss to him as far back as we can remember. This book along w/99% of Dr. Seuss's other books are so amazing & classic! :)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 27, 2010

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    Great Classic

    Teaching ESL, I often run into difficulty finding stories that are appropriate for high school aged students, but are easy to understand. Dr. Seuss stories are always a hit with these students. You can discuss the difference in the way you read between something like this and, for example, the school newspaper. They pick up vocabulary and even some grammar and enjoy the story lines.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 11, 2010

    Who hasn't wanted to be a Star Bellied Sneetch??

    The star bellied sneetch is an excellent story about understanding personal worth and the worth of people as individuals. An excellent way to introduce a concept that will confront children their entire life. Oh, to be an individual ...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 30, 2009

    Instant hit!

    I remember loving The Sneetches as a child and our son (3 years) has been picking this book out every night for bedtime. There are such great interpersonal/citizenship lessons woven into these stories. All 4 stories are brilliantly written and sweet.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 20, 2009

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    Dr. Seuss does it again!

    The lessons learned in the Dr. Seuss books are extremely well presented. My grand daughter wants one story read to her every night before bed time. One of my drama classes chose "Green Eggs and Ham" to dramatize, create props, and present to the kindergarten and first grade classes in our area. This was such a hit and great choice for the audience as they were totally mesmerized by the presentation. Dr. Seuss is always a good choice.

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  • Posted February 9, 2009

    The best of all the Dr. Seuss books!

    You'll remember this story for years. It is the perfect tale of what it means to belong and what we're willing to do in order to be an insider.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 30, 2006

    The Sneetches With The Daves And Green Pants

    When I read the first part of the book I Thought It Was A 'Earning Money Book' but it wasn't. A few days later I went to Kohl's and they had a sneech plush doll. I bought one and the book. The shortest story in the book i think might have been The part with the '500 Daves' I can remember one particular one who was named Oliver Boliver Butt. The last story got me it was the spooky pants. Wow that was a little wierd but over all the book was a great book. Sneeches with stars on thier bellies and some with out. I felt sorry for the sneetches without stars. they were the un noticed sneetches. My favorite part of the book though is the Sneetches.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2005

    Humorous Humanity

    Satire with satisfying endings, illustrates some of those common human shortcomings that often make us quite shortsighted.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 6, 2002

    Teacher approves!

    I read a Dr Seuss story to my first grade class on Thursday afternoons! They loved this one so much I had to read it twice and again on Friday! I recomend this be read to young children. It is a great example during conflict resolution!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 1, 2002

    awesome book

    The Sneetches is one of the best books I have ever read! It is one of my favorites I even have it on video I used to watch it like everyday this book to me is outstanding just the making was genious I love this book to some people I know they love it personally I am giving this book 5 stars who's with me !

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 25, 2000

    This book was great

    The book was great because it was cute. I thought it was excellent and i am 12 years old I also really like the author Dr. Seuss

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2000

    stars upon thars

    this is a great book about the flock mentality of humanity. Every child should have the opportunity to read this great book and to know that in God's eye we all have 'stars upon thars'

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