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Title: A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories
ISBN: 0679883886
Author:
Dr. Seuss
Publicate Date: 1997-01-13
Publish: 1997-01-13
List Price: $19.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $10.98
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $1.84
Amazon Merchant Price: $13.59
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1: Great collection of some of De Seuss's best stories!
We love Dr Suess in our home and this is a great collection to have! The book includes; Bartholomew and the Oobleck, If I Ran the Zoo, Horton Hears a Who!, The Sneetches and Other Stories, and Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book. My 3 boys love to snuggle up before bed and read Dr. Seuss's Sleep book!
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2: Hatful of Seuss
This book is great for children. I rated it 4 stars because I think the book is larger than it should be for children. The book has several stories in it and is rather thick. The stories are great for children learning to read on their own and learning rhyming.
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3: Wonderful Seuss
Typically wonderful Seuss. A collection of favorites which still entertain and delight childern of all ages! Told in the whimsical, melodic, rhyming style that is Seuss' alone these stories present the challenges and triumph of basic human goodness that we want our children to learn. I highly recommend this collection. I read them to my grandson and notice that by the end of a story the whole house has tuned in and is anxiously awaiting that heart tickling sensation that comes at the conclusion of every Suess tale.
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4: A good buy, but Six by Seuss is better
Two of the books collected here are classics (Sleep Book and The Sneetches) and the other three are also pretty good, so this is well worth buying. The now out-of-print "Six by Seuss" however, is an even better value, since it includes five of his very best stories (Yertle, Mulberry Street, the Grinch, the Lorax, and Horton Hatches the Egg) under one cover. I would recommend looking for that book first, then getting this if your child turns out to be a hardcore Seuss fan.
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5: Some of the best of Dr. Seuss
Here's a rare book that gives you more than it promises. While it's titled "Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories," you actually get EIGHT stories. That's because there's three extra ones ("The Zax," "Too Many Daves," and "What Was I Scared Of?") included with "The Sneetches and Other Stories."
It's hard to say enough good things about this book. You have a collection of delightful stories, fun wordplay ("I'll go to the far-away mountains of Tobsk / Near the river of Nobsk, and I'll bring back an obsk"), nice life lessons ("A person's a person no matter how small"), and some of the most imaginative artwork anywhere. I enjoy these as much as my kids (ages 3 and a half, and 2).
The only negative I can think of is that the book is rather large for a child to easily rest on his or her lap. If you're reading to your child, that's less of an issue.
If I HAD to pick, I'd say that "Sneetches" is our household's favorite story in this collection, followed by "Horton Hears a Who." But occasionally we'll opt for one of the others. It's good to have a selection of stories, because kids' interests change and they can suddenly decide a different one is the one they want to hear all the time.
Most of these stories are good for reading to your kids right from birth, because the rhyming play and colorful pictures are fun no matter the level of comprehension. The one exception is "Bartholomew and the Oobleck," which is a bit more involved story that probably is best for ages five and up.
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