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The Lorax
by
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss, pseudonym for Theodor Seuss Geisel, is world renowned for his inventiveness and wit. His stories are instantly recognizable by their use of fantastic words, clever rhymes, and unusual creatures-drawn in his distinctive style.
Hardcover, 72 pages
Published
February 24th 1998
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 1971)
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This may be my favorite children's book of all time. I know there's a lot of grousing and bitching about the ecological message, and that's fine, you're welcome to it, but that's not why I love this book. Back when the the world was young and dewy, when my soul was uncorrupted and my fervency unqualified, I took a lot of classes on the subject of prosody, which is the boring technical end of poetry. One of the arguments a person of this background can have, her beret at a jaunty angle, her eyes...more
Maybe I'm just not a Dr. Seuss person but I hated this book. Boring story, stupid words that didn't entertain and even though it was meant for a child rather than me, my son hardly ever looked at it growing up, so its sits on the shelf still quite pristine.
Funny thing is that this is only a comment on a kiddies' book - yet it has engendered so much nastiness from several people all of whom appear to be alteregos of Michael. He has made it his business to take people (not me alone) to task for n...more
Funny thing is that this is only a comment on a kiddies' book - yet it has engendered so much nastiness from several people all of whom appear to be alteregos of Michael. He has made it his business to take people (not me alone) to task for n...more
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“The Lorax” is one of Dr. Seuss’ most memorable books as it is about the importance of taking care of all of the trees in the world. “The Lorax” may have some controversial issues, but it is still a great book for both children and adults to treasure for many years.
Dr. Seuss’ story about how chopping down too many trees can destroy the Earth’s environment is truly powerful and moving as it realistically portrays what can happen to the environment when trees are cut down through Dr. Seuss’ childi...more
Dr. Seuss’ story about how chopping down too many trees can destroy the Earth’s environment is truly powerful and moving as it realistically portrays what can happen to the environment when trees are cut down through Dr. Seuss’ childi...more
This gets five stars for being beautifully written, and one for being heavy handed, which averages out to four for me. I'm a conservationist, but there is no nuance in The Lorax's presentation of environmentalism: the book simply demonizes business.
The Once-ler is an extreme negative caricature of the capitalist: what he offers society as an entrepreneur is not valuable in any way, he has no regard for anything but his own profit, and he proceeds with reckless abandon. Of course, in a world tha...more
The Once-ler is an extreme negative caricature of the capitalist: what he offers society as an entrepreneur is not valuable in any way, he has no regard for anything but his own profit, and he proceeds with reckless abandon. Of course, in a world tha...more
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Feb 20, 2008
Joshua
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People wishing to see an example of indoctrination.
This book indoctrinates children into an environmentalist, anti-industrial economic world view. This is wrong. I'd much prefer the book to have the message of careful conservation and sustainable industry, not that all industry is bad. (I know it doesn't say that particularly, but it implies it.)
Better balance this with stories of how good industrialism can be, and how much more important people are than trufula trees.
Better balance this with stories of how good industrialism can be, and how much more important people are than trufula trees.
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So, I understand that this book was written a long time ago, before this kind of environmental fairy tale was popularized, and perhaps when it was needed more. But it still seems like a total straw man (hello? can't you just plant your own grove of sustainable truffula trees?). And does the Lorax have to be such a jerk about everything? Maybe he could propose some sort of compromise . . . I guess as a kids' book it's supposed to be simple for kids to understand, but kids aren't that dumb. I like...more
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You can have your Silent Spring and Inconvenient Truth. The Lorax and his lesson of unless is, to me, the most moving piece of environmental literature ever. It shows that a) good children's literature doesn't have to be simplistic or happy to be effective and b) that you certainly need not be a member of a political group to appreciate the message that our drive to industrialize must not happen at the expense of our planet.
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Hate to see less than 5 Stars for a Seuss!
I'm taking my Grand-girl to the the movie [her first IMAX] today and remembered I should rate in GR.
I was raised on Seuss, my kids were raised on Seuss and now a third generation. What is not to love?
Happy Reading!
I'm taking my Grand-girl to the the movie [her first IMAX] today and remembered I should rate in GR.
I was raised on Seuss, my kids were raised on Seuss and now a third generation. What is not to love?
Happy Reading!
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Feb 27, 2009
Taylor
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never polute, RIGHT ON
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Author/Illustrator: Dr Seuss
First published: 1971
The ankle-biter had seen the animated movie The Lorax with her cousins and was keen to read the book. I was wary because a) I understood the movie was substantially different to the book, and b) her reading ability (vocab and comprehension) IMO surpassed Dr Seuss. BUT she'd been "studying" Dr Seuss at school in relation to poetry so I picked up the book and mo...more
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Author/Illustrator: Dr Seuss
First published: 1971
The ankle-biter had seen the animated movie The Lorax with her cousins and was keen to read the book. I was wary because a) I understood the movie was substantially different to the book, and b) her reading ability (vocab and comprehension) IMO surpassed Dr Seuss. BUT she'd been "studying" Dr Seuss at school in relation to poetry so I picked up the book and mo...more
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This review consists of three parts: 1. My son's review (5 years old), 2. My daughter's review (8 years old), and 3. My review (the Mom). These are excerpts from the full review. To see the whole thing, visit us at www.motherdaughterbookreviews.com :)
DAUGHTER SAYS:
What I liked and disliked about it: I liked the funny, interesting names like Lorax and Once-ler. I liked the Truffula trees – they look like long stumps with hair. I didn’t like that the Once-ler was cutting the trees because the tree...more
DAUGHTER SAYS:
What I liked and disliked about it: I liked the funny, interesting names like Lorax and Once-ler. I liked the Truffula trees – they look like long stumps with hair. I didn’t like that the Once-ler was cutting the trees because the tree...more
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The book that I read was "The Lorax" by Dr. Suess.This book is very inspiring to people of all agaes to start caring about the environment, and stop caring about themselves. The main characters in this book would have to be the Lorax and the Onceler. The Onceler is a man looking for meaning in life, or to start a business. He sees this beautiful land and decides he will use the lands resources to start a business....well lets just see what the Lorax thinks of this!
When the Onceler finds this b...more
When the Onceler finds this b...more
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Ok, so it's a heavy-handed enviromental terror-tale. It's also the Seuss book that stuck with me the longest. Of all the books I read as a little kid, it's the one that I still remember making me feel something.
I'm a conservationist-not an environmentalist by any stretch. The Lorax didn't teach me to hate industry or chew on organically-sustainable bark. It taught me to care about nature. To this day, decades after I read and re-read it, the drawing of the barren wasteland still gets to me.
I'm a conservationist-not an environmentalist by any stretch. The Lorax didn't teach me to hate industry or chew on organically-sustainable bark. It taught me to care about nature. To this day, decades after I read and re-read it, the drawing of the barren wasteland still gets to me.
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One of my favorite books of all times. A couple years ago they were clearcutting a long stretch of road in the town I grew up in. My dad and I got up in arms and decided we would go underground as the Lorax. We made up signs and attached them to scrap wood and went out in the wee hours of the morning to post them around stumps and tree-chewing machinery. The signs showed a picture of the lorax and said "I speak for the trees." I heard some people talking about it, but it didn't do anything to st...more
it is a awesome book and my friend and i are making part 2 of the Lorax .
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One of my favourite childhood books
AWESOME!!!!
Who doesn't love Dr. Seuss? This book is definitely not my favorite by him, and I am not an especially environmental friendly person, the talk of it usually annoys me quickly and easily. So, I thought that Dr. Seuss did an incredible job sneaking environmental awareness into a fun, silly, ridiculous story of the Once-ler and trees. you hardly think twice about the environmental during the story because Dr. Seuss' language is so perfect. The illustrations of the book are wonderful. I love how you...more
UNLESS is one of the biggest lessons that ever stuck with me.
The Lorax is up there on my list of favorites. I dragged my poor fiancé to see the animated movie when it came out (eh, it was decent. but I digress) My point is, this book is a classic for a reason. As a huge Seuss fan, I’d consider it one of his very best.
Staying true to that notoriously eccentric style of storytelling, the Lorax is a tale within a tale. You find yourself (er, some random no-name boy) on the outskirts of town where t...more
The Lorax is up there on my list of favorites. I dragged my poor fiancé to see the animated movie when it came out (eh, it was decent. but I digress) My point is, this book is a classic for a reason. As a huge Seuss fan, I’d consider it one of his very best.
Staying true to that notoriously eccentric style of storytelling, the Lorax is a tale within a tale. You find yourself (er, some random no-name boy) on the outskirts of town where t...more
I liked it.
If on the first place, humans were not that greedy on profit and power, and we haven't exploited the nature for our own ends, maybe our planet could have been a wonderful place to live by especially for the future generations. Not only for humans but for other creatures as well. But obviously we are now experiencing the effects of our gluttonous nature - climate change.
Since we are make to believe that we are in power over nature that we keep on ripping what we can on our only home....more
If on the first place, humans were not that greedy on profit and power, and we haven't exploited the nature for our own ends, maybe our planet could have been a wonderful place to live by especially for the future generations. Not only for humans but for other creatures as well. But obviously we are now experiencing the effects of our gluttonous nature - climate change.
Since we are make to believe that we are in power over nature that we keep on ripping what we can on our only home....more
Alright guys admit it, who cried during this book *raises hand*. People stare at me and slowly back away when i tell them this, but seriously?!?!? Who did not cry during this book? "I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees" *chokes back sob*. This goes beyond 5 stars. The plot spoke of a nonviolent speaker trying to save the last good things on Earth from the evil dude fueled by greed. Of course the pictures helped, but the message inside was like sooo complex for a children's book. Like always, Dr...more
The Once-ler was traveling and found the truffula trees and decided that everyone need thneed. So he kept chopping and kept making thneeds, despite the warnings of the Lorax. What the Lorax said was true and as the very last truffula tree was chopped down the Once-ler has a tale to tell to anyone who will pay.
I really feel like that first paragraph should be in rhyme, It’s addicting after reading a book with all those crazy words, kind of makes you feel like you could do anything in a language....more
I really feel like that first paragraph should be in rhyme, It’s addicting after reading a book with all those crazy words, kind of makes you feel like you could do anything in a language....more
If you are a graduating high school student somebody is probably going to at least quote to you another Dr Suess favourit O the Places You'll Go. This year it was the school captains in their valedictory address.
I hate that book.
It says to the reader: You are amazing and special and will lead the world and overcome the occasional moment of self-doubt to understand you are the greatest. It is full of pictures of 'other people' admiring the protagonist or following them or not being as focussed...more
I hate that book.
It says to the reader: You are amazing and special and will lead the world and overcome the occasional moment of self-doubt to understand you are the greatest. It is full of pictures of 'other people' admiring the protagonist or following them or not being as focussed...more
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"The Lorax" is an adorable book. The story is being told in a flashback, so in the older days, the Once-ler went to the Street of the Lifted Lorax. The Once-ler cut down one of the Truffula trees to make the thing that all people need. The Lorax claimed the Once-ler to be filled with greed and demanded he not cut down anymore of his trees. The Once-ler agreed until he began to see more of his things that were made out of trees. He got rich, fast. He built a factory and began cutting down more an...more
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The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is a work of science fiction literature for the Nursery(N) and Primary(P) age reading audience.
In The Lorax Dr. Seuss warns children of the perils of waste and greed. With in insatiable thirst for more, Once-Ler destroys the forest and leaves destruction. Failing to ignore the warnings of the very wise Lorax, Once-Ler is left alone to ponder his fate. In typical Dr. Seuss fashion, there is one seed left and one young child has the power to make a difference.
Through colorf...more
In The Lorax Dr. Seuss warns children of the perils of waste and greed. With in insatiable thirst for more, Once-Ler destroys the forest and leaves destruction. Failing to ignore the warnings of the very wise Lorax, Once-Ler is left alone to ponder his fate. In typical Dr. Seuss fashion, there is one seed left and one young child has the power to make a difference.
Through colorf...more
Grade/interest level: Primary/Learning to Read (K-2nd grade)
Reading level: Lexile 560L
Genre: Picture Book
Main Characters: The Onceler and The Lorax
Setting: The far end of town on the Street of the Lifted Lorax, at the Onceler’s house and at the previously beautiful and serene Truffula tree forest
POV: Third person omniscient narrator as well as from the Onceler’s perspective
Summary: This book is a great book by Dr. Seuss that teaches readers young and old about protecting the environment and co...more
Reading level: Lexile 560L
Genre: Picture Book
Main Characters: The Onceler and The Lorax
Setting: The far end of town on the Street of the Lifted Lorax, at the Onceler’s house and at the previously beautiful and serene Truffula tree forest
POV: Third person omniscient narrator as well as from the Onceler’s perspective
Summary: This book is a great book by Dr. Seuss that teaches readers young and old about protecting the environment and co...more
I really liked this book it Tell's me I should not cut down tree's cause it's a environment of the country.And because they give us oxygen.Plus across the Atlantic ocean they as well are cutting down tree's and there is no environment !This book is about a man who kept cutting down tree's and making all the fuzzy stuff from the tree's he cut down.(The type of tree's in this book have something fuzzy not leave's)What he did with the fuzzy stuff is make a store bring all his relative's and make wa...more
This book is now one of my favorite books. It is a wonderful story about how industry and economics conflict with the need to protect and safeguard our environment. I think it is so sad to see the “The Lorax” have to send all the other animals away to another place to save them. It is also very sad to see the forest being completely destroyed. The Once-ler is destroying the land just to get money and be rich. This is actually a big problem in the world right now; just think about the rain forest...more
The Lorax is by far one of my favorite Dr. Suess books. I probably enjoy it more as an adult because I feel strongly about conserving the environment we all live in. However, I also enjoyed it as a child. Dr Suess knows how to engage a childs mind into a story. Both with the simple rhyming words and the colorful pictures, every page of this story was one that I could never put down when I read it. Telling a story of a young boy who is in search of the man who destroyed the life of real trees thi...more
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, MA. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both carto...more
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