Valerie's review
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
Valerie's review
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
Valerie's review
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My daughter and I really like the tales in this Dr. Seuss collection. The Sneetches is a kind of crazy story about wanting to conform, and I think it's pretty clear in the end (even to young kids) that it doesn't really matter if you have a star on your belly (like some of the sneetches) or not.
In the story of the Zax, kids learn that it doesn't pay to be unbending (that's right, kids - you don't have to be so stubborn! Thanks for the help, Dr. Seuss. I owe you one). In the story of Mrs. McCrave, she had twenty-three sons and named them all Dave. Well, I'm not exactly sure what the point of that one was, but whatever.
The BEST story, by far, is called What was I Scared of? and tells the story of a haunted pair of pants. It's just hilarious to see the empty pants running around (yes, I guess I may be somewhat easily amused). It gets pretty spooky, but in the end it turns out that the pants were just as scared of the young boy narrator as he was of them. Very cute.
In the story of the Zax, kids learn that it doesn't pay to be unbending (that's right, kids - you don't have to be so stubborn! Thanks for the help, Dr. Seuss. I owe you one). In the story of Mrs. McCrave, she had twenty-three sons and named them all Dave. Well, I'm not exactly sure what the point of that one was, but whatever.
The BEST story, by far, is called What was I Scared of? and tells the story of a haunted pair of pants. It's just hilarious to see the empty pants running around (yes, I guess I may be somewhat easily amused). It gets pretty spooky, but in the end it turns out that the pants were just as scared of the young boy narrator as he was of them. Very cute.
