"The Best Nest", "Oh the Places You'll Go!" and "The Lorax"

March is Dr. Seuss and picture book month. So I've read several picture books by and in the vein of Dr. Seuss.

The Best Nest
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: P.D. Eastman

Mr. Bird loves his regular nesting house. Mrs. Bird wants to move. They go looking with humorous results.
The illustrations are well done. The birds are so expressive. Different situations are fun to see.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Dr. Seuss

This is a book to encourage young children to believe in themselves, to pick themselves up when life throws them a problem. The text has many imaginative words.
The illustrations are imaginative, full of color.

The Lorax
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Dr. Seuss

The place is desolate around the Once'ler's house. Before it is where the Lorax once stood and spoke for the trees, the birds and the fish.
When the Once'ler came to this place it was a forest of Truffalo trees. He found he could knit thneeds from the tope of the trees and sell them. So he did.
This is a look at the interplay between corporate greed and environmental awareness. Although the story is of destruction, it ends with hope for the future. this first was published in 1971 as the environmental movement got started.
The illustrations are imaginative and colorful. Truffalo trees look like big pompoms on stalks. The animals are fantastical.
Although the message is clear in the book, it is not preachy. It is a call to action and consideration of consequences of your actions.