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November 1st 2005
(first published 1940)
by HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
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Paperback, 64 pages
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0007175191
(isbn13: 9780007175192)
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Poor Horton. Dr. Seuss's kindly elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird lazy Maysie, takes a break. Little ...more
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One of Dr Seuss's earliest books, and for me, his all-time best. I adore Horton! His determined goodness and those wonderful expressions on his dear face. I still read this several times a year and never fail to be pleased that things work out well for Horton in the end. And clearly Dr Seuss was ahead of his time; as it turns out, research into their lives in the wild reveals that elephants are indeed faithful (one hundred percent).
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It's impossible for me to have a favorite Dr. Seuss book, but this one gives some stiff competition. Whenever I read it to my nursery school English classes, I ask the kids to whom the egg ultimately belongs right before the baby hatches. The younger kids in the class (2 to 3 years old) almost always say the egg belongs to the bird because eggs belong with birds. The older kids (4 to 5) say the egg belongs to the elephant because he took care of it. An interesting revelation as to how kids a...more
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I love this book. It is an all time favorite for me. This book conveys the importance of integratiy if the face of adversity. This book shows that different isn't bad and despite the challenge of being or doing something that is outside the relms of what is expected that the result of doing this with integrity and dilligence should result in the new beginings of acceptance. It should be...It should be..... It should be like that....but it is classified as a children's story.
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Read in May, 2007
I actually own an original copy of this book. No, it's not for sale. It is my favorite Dr. Seuss! A very good lesson in faithfulness. It teaches our young to stick with it! My son loves this book!!!! One day, after reading this book, my son was in the backyard sitting on what looked like a giant birds nest he had concocted out of grass and sticks. I went over and pulled him up and he was sitting on an egg(baseball)"just like Horton, dad"!
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Whenever I read this book aloud to kids, I use the voices for Horton and Mayzie from the cartoon. My students have never seen the cartoon, so they think I've invented the incredible voice for Mayzie. They love me for it, and I love this book.
When Eric Kimmel came to speak at our library, he told our students that this was his favorite book and I did a little gasp. I'm a nerd like that.
When Eric Kimmel came to speak at our library, he told our students that this was his favorite book and I did a little gasp. I'm a nerd like that.
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recommends it for:
Kids and adults alike
I love the lessons in this book of enduring through trials, keeping your promises, and finding your reward.
I cry when I read this to my kids. Even (and maybe especially) adults need the reminder that things ARE hard, but we do them anyway, and we are blessed for it.
I cry when I read this to my kids. Even (and maybe especially) adults need the reminder that things ARE hard, but we do them anyway, and we are blessed for it.
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Read in March, 2009
How many times in my life I've felt like Horton, doing the honorable thing out of duty, yet not, perhaps with the fully innate goodness that Seuss's famous elephant embodies. This is kind of a variation on "The Little Red Hen", leaving the responsibility to others who make the hard sacrifices and suffer the indignities, then wanting to reap the rewards for yourself. In many ways it's kind of the modus operandi of society as a whole. And right now our economy is tanking because of that ...more
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Read in January, 1956
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Kids of all ages
I was browsing around a bookstore last night and ran across this book. I hadn't thought of it in years, although I had thought of "Horton Hears a Who," which I have no idea whether it was the sequel or precursor to "Egg," but I don't guess it matters as they were both written even before I was born (or that is, the late Pleistocene era).
Both books are absolutely adorable, and two of my fave kids books for any age, but I really think I like "Egg" marginal...more
Both books are absolutely adorable, and two of my fave kids books for any age, but I really think I like "Egg" marginal...more
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Read in February, 2009
Although this is a very old book, my first time reading it was this year and I absolutely love it! It is a very cute story that teaches you patience and the joy and rewards that will follow it. The book is about an elephant named Horton who is asked to watch over the birds egg, well days and weeks go on and the bird is out having a ball while Horton is stuck there through the wind and rain and whatever else comes his way. This is a way cute book with a very happy and creative ending.
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This book is starkly memorable for the noble and heroic persistence of Horton, whose word truly is as good as his bond, and who will not for anything leave the egg on which he agreed to sit ; nor will he back down when threatened. I think of this as one of Dr. Seuss's most inspirational stories, one that still sits in my heart as entrenched as Horton's famous repeated words sit in my mind. I want to be more like Horton.
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You've got to love Horton! It was fun to discover this Horton story after seeing the awesome Horton Hears a Who movie. "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant--an elephants faithful 100%!" It makes you want to see everything you do through to the end and fight those urges to be like Maizy.
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Read in January, 2009
Up there with If I Ran The Zoo as my favourite Dr Seuss book. The rhyme and the plot are fantastic.
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Read in January, 2009
I've had this book since I was a little girl loved it. I read it to Hannah for the first time last night, and she loved it too. The story flows so nicely, and I love the way Dr. Seuss books rhyme. Of course who doesn't love Dr. Seuss' made up words!
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And furthermore, I defy any mother to arrive at the sentence, "And it should be, it should be, it SHOULD be like that," without practically bursting into tears of gratitude on behalf of Horton the faithful elephant. Fantastic.
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Read in December, 2008
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Parents and Children who like Dr. Seuss
An easily read children's book about taking responsibility and the rewards that come from it. Not quite as good as Horton Hears a Who, but still an entertaining Dr. Seuss story that your child will enjoy.
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Read in December, 2008
Read it with the kids to go over the idea of kindness, having worked on teh Character Education month theme Empathy with Horton hears a Who.
One girl did a very thorough retell based on my reading. Such good stuff Seuss is.
One girl did a very thorough retell based on my reading. Such good stuff Seuss is.
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My dad can still recite this entire book if you call him. Believe me, I've asked him two twice in the past couple of years for my projects for grad class. Love it, love it, love it... but prob just because I love him!
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A really really close second for my next all time most favoretest childrens book of all time. But my kid makes me read this one soooooo much that I think I'm getting a bit biased against it.
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Read in December, 2008
Bella's absolute favorite these days (she's almost 4). We read this book everyday at least once. I don't mind at all reading it often because it's a very cute story and great drawings as well.
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