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    <body><![CDATA[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 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28354732">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[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 bir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10240577">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>When Eric Kimmel came to speak at our librar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2760011">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the lessons in this book of enduring through trials, keeping your promises, and finding your reward.<br/><br/>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.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[K-2nd grade (listening)<br/><br/>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 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77010634">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[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 &quot;Horton Hears a Who,&quot; which I have no idea whether it was the sequel or precursor to &quot;Egg,&quot; but I don't guess it matters as they were both written eve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4206034">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[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 g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54479852">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ 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, on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51589133">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a long time since I wanted to read a book by Dr.Seuss.But I couldn't find any of his books,until yesterday I found five of his books.<br/>I'm happy that at last I read one of his books.I really love his quotes.<br/><br/><strong>&quot;I said what I meant, and I meant what I said. An elephant's f...</strong><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71393565">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You've got to love Horton!  It was fun to discover this Horton story after seeing the awesome Horton Hears a Who movie.  &quot;I meant what I said, and I said what I meant--an elephants faithful 100%!&quot;  It makes you want to see everything you do through to the end and fight those urges to be li...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[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!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Poor Horton got tricked by Maisy.  She said that she would be back soon but she didn't come back.  And he got captured. He went to the circus and everyone laughed at him becuase he was sitting on an egg.  And Maisy came to that same circus and Horton and Maisy were impressed to see each other.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when i was a child, i read it to my children when they were small. This is one of the best childrens books out there. i prefer it to Horton Hears a Who, but that may be simply because I came across it first.<br/><br/>Thank you Theodor Seuss Geisel.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like that this book talks about persistence and following through with one's obligations.  I just don't like that the bird is labeled &quot;lazy.&quot;  Well, she may be, but it is still a labeling word and I don't like negative labels on things.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An easily read children's book about taking responsibility and the rewards that come from it. Not quite as good as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Horton Hears a Who" title="Horton Hears a Who">Horton Hears a Who</a>, but still an entertaining <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Dr. Seuss" title=" Dr. Seuss"> Dr. Seuss</a> story that your child will enjoy.]]></body>
    
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