false 11301 16 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 does Horton know that Maysie is setting off for a permanent vacation in Palm Springs. He waits, and waits, never leaving his precarious branch, even through a freezing winter and a spring that's punctuated by the insults of his friends. ("They taunted. They teased him. They yelled 'How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks he's a bird!'") Further indignities await, but Horton has the patience of Job--from whose story this one clearly derives--and he is rewarded in the end by the surprise birth of... an elephant-bird. <I>Horton Hatches the Egg</I> contains some of Theodor Geisel's most inspired verse and some of his best-ever illustrations, the dated style of which only accentuates their power and charm. A book no childhood should be without. (Ages 2 to 7) <I>--Richard Farr</I> 13809 1940 Horton Hatches the Egg total:4002|5:1715|4:1187|3:905|2:160|1:35| 4002 16393 4422 135 5 2 false false Tue Aug 28 18:41:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 11:25:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Oct 06 06:40:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 21 12:25:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 26 10:34:36 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 10:41:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 10 17:11:22 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 10:24:12 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 05 23:29:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 23:29:58 -0700 2007
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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.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:40:50 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:48:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 09:47:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 09:55:59 -0800 2009
You can see from the cover that this book is going to be silly, with the elephant sitting on a tree branch. I believe there is a lot of negative space and the only colors that are used are black, red, and green. The text is rather plain expect for the first letter ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 08:06:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:24:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1956 Tue Aug 07 09:10:56 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 09:20:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:50:38 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:52:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 05 11:54:46 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 11:58:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 05:36:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 07:03:50 -0700 2009 I'm happy that at last I read one of his books.I really love his quotes.

"I said what I meant, and I meant what I said. An elephant's f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 20:19:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:21:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 03:15:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 03:19:48 -0800 2009 If I Ran The Zoo as my favourite Dr Seuss book. The rhyme and the plot are fantastic.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:15:22 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:27:12 -0800 2009 5 0 false true Thu Dec 11 22:50:05 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 16:01:54 -0800 2008 20 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 16:28:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 16:28:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 17:30:33 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 17:32:32 -0800 2008 1 Horton Hears a Who, but still an entertaining Dr. Seuss story that your child will enjoy.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 05:39:55 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 05:39:55 -0800 2008
One girl did a very thorough retell based on my reading. Such good stuff Seuss is.]]>