Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Creator: Molly Leach
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 5500
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0375810617
EAN: 9780375810619
ASIN: 0375810617
Publication Date: October 12, 2004
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Product Description
From his very first book to his very last book, here in one big volume are 13 classic Dr. Seuss stories, everyone#8217;s favorites. All of the words and virtually all of the illustrations are included. Each story is prefaced by a short essay by someone whose life was changed by Dr. Seuss or who is simply an unabashed admirer. Also included are photographs of Dr. Seuss, memorabilia, and original sketches from his books. The stories included are: And to iThink That I Saw It on Mulberry Street/i, iHorton Hears a Who!/i, iMcElligot#8217;s Pool/i, iIf I Ran the Zoo/i, iHappy Birthday to You!/i, iDr. Seuss#8217;s Sleep Book/i, iYertle the Turtle/i, iThe Cat in the Hat/i, iHow the Grinch Stole Christmas!/i, iGreen Eggs and Ham/i, iThe Lorax/i, iThe/i iSneetches/i, andi Oh, the Places You#8217;ll Go!/ibrTheodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) was born March 2, 1904, and died September 25, 1991.brWith introductory essays to each story by:brBarbara Bader, Author and CriticbrStan and Jan Berenstain, Creators of The Berenstain Bears brAudrey Geisel, Widow of Dr. Seuss brPeter Glassman, Children#8217;s BooksellerbrStarr LaTronica, Children#8217;s Librarian brJohn Lithgow, Actor and Children#8217;s Book Author brBarbara Mason, Kindergarten Teacher brRichard H. Minear, Author of iDr. Seuss Goes to War/ibrChristopher Paolini, Author of iEragon /ibrCharles D. Cohen, Author of iThe Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and brNothing but the Seuss/ibrPete Seeger, Folksinger brChristopher Cerf, TV Writer, Composer, and ProducerbrLane Smith, Children#8217;s Book Illustator
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 recommended October 13, 2008
Classical Seuss - which means a lot of fun for children as well as adults. The book itself is big enought for my 7 1/2 month old son to confortably sit on it. The only minus - too many black white illustrations.
 not a very good collection October 2, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
My kids and I love Dr. Suess very much, and yet, I don't recommend this collection. br /br /First, not all of these stories are of the interesting ones. There are many stories here that are of the kind of the nonesense books, stories that don't really have a plot, or a moral, or something changing, or any real caracter. I am talking about stories like "If I ran the zoo", "Things you see on Mullberry street", "McEligot's Pool". They mostly talk about all kinds of different funny animals. My kids like them, but I die of bordom when I read them, and I usually am fascinated with kids stories. So this book is a mixture of the two types of Dr. Suess's stories - the ones without plot, and the interesting ones with the plot, like "Yertle the Turtle", "Horton hears a who" and a few more. This is definitely not a collection of all of Dr. Suess's best stories.br /I have a feeling that the editors did not want to really collect all the interesting stories, becuase then we would not buy many books. There are many important stories that were left out.br /br /Second, the articles in front of each story are not interesting. They are mostly talking about how much these people love Dr. Suess. Not much to really learn about Dr. Suess or his stories. So these articles don't add much value. The pictures from Dr. Suess's desk are nice but not enough to justify the price or weight of this book.br /br /The conclusion: you get a few interesting stories, and not much more, for a high price, and end up with a very heavy book.
 This is a thick heavy "collectible" edition of 13 stories with extras... September 22, 2008
Every few weeks, I read one of these stories to my family after dinner as we sit at the table. Our kids are "older" than Dr. Seuss now but we have been enjoying re-visiting the memories of yesteryear as well as talking about the lessons in the stories that fit with junior high and high school age realities. br /br /Having a page of background about Dr. Seuss at the beginning of each story has been special as well ~ we've enjoyed getting to know more about this delightful man and his life.br /br /If you are buying Dr. Seuss to read to younger kids, you might prefer to buy the individual books which would be lighter, easier to hold, and thus more accessible relative to the pictures and the whole experience for the little one. But for our family, this volume has been really quite perfect :)br /br /Bon Appetit!
Dr Seuss collection September 15, 2008
Much more than a humorist or fanciful children's writer, Dr Seuss was ahead of his time...his social and political commentaries are much wider in scope than most people realize. He should be required reading through middle school--even beyond. His simple themes and observations ask the larger questions every society should continually ask and demand a commitment from the reader to chose a point of view.
Great Seuss collection July 14, 2008
This is my 3 y.o.'s favorite book, he calls it "the big book" and almost every night he asks for it when it's time for story-telling, even though he has a big collection of books which he loves, including many Seuss books, none can top this one. br /br /This is a great book, it allows you to have lots of Seuss stories all gathered up even if you don't have a lot of space in your house, and it's great for traveling because you can take so many stories with you in one single volume. Plus, they have kept all the illustrations, even though sometimes they may crowd up two into one page because of the length of the volume. Still, it's a great buy, I highly recommend it. In my opinion there's no higher recommendation that the love my son has for this book. :-)
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