The Lorax (Classic Seuss) | 
| Authors: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 3200
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Pages: 72
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0394823370
EAN: 9780394823379
ASIN: 0394823370
Publication Date: August 12, 1971
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Amazon.com Review
When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, IThe Lorax/I is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In IThe Lorax/I, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed. pThe now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.") As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. I(Ages 4 to 8)/I
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Illus. in full color. "The big, colorful pictures and the fun images, word plays and rhymes make this an amusing exposition of the ecology crisis."--iSchool Library Journal./i
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The Sound of Living Down Slow Into the Ground January 6, 2009
There's not much to say, so many things to writebr /About this book by Seuss, a zinger with a theme that's less than tritebr /As usual he invents words and things and animals to delightbr /There's no stopping his inventiveness, his genius gives me to frightbr /But read on I must, and so must youbr /For he offers a commentary on the world around toobr /It isn't so sweet really, and the kids would do wellbr /To learn this early instead of thinking all's swellbr /The trees of Truffula offered fruit divinebr /Until they were all chopped down by a capitalist swinebr /He doesn't really say that, I phrased it myselfbr /Forgive the intensity from this young scribe elfbr /But you see, just recently I had this visionbr /Of a culture that's drivenbr /Past the red linebr /I tried to convince the local middle school principal, yes I didbr /To simply show to a film to our kidsbr /A film called The Story of Stuff, it's really quite stunningbr /And not a stone's throw from Seuss's moral funningbr /But he said no and I learned convincinglybr /That our attachment to the status quo is practically instinctualbr /This book, and yes the film too I'm happy to saybr /Try to raise the barbr /To admit that our growth economy has gone a bit too farbr /No he would not show the Story of Stuffbr /The kids might get upset, it would be too toughbr /To affect their belief in Santa Clausbr /And all that he stands forbr /Oh but that's just one example of manybr /For me, a silly parent, a concerned ninnybr /So yes, Seuss does it well, surely better than mebr /He starts with a book about a simple treebr /And then there are thweaters or something equally funnybr /Things you can wear when sleeping or runningbr /They are most needed, we couldn't be without thembr /So they cut all the trees and made enough for all, no doubt thenbr /'Cept a funny thing happened they didn't expectbr /The water turned black and the air smelled like heckbr /The birds flew away, the animals fell illbr /The price for the tweaters (or whatever they're called) was a bitter pillbr /You get the gist - its an important messagebr /Enjoy the education, take steps to unsuppress the suppressagebr /Whether with the books you read, like this onebr /Or the causes you champion, like challenging curriculumbr /Its for the kids I say this, for the kid's futurebr /We'll all be better off - with the help of ideas Seuss helps nurture
El Lorax Rocks! December 22, 2008
Aida E. Marcuse is a genius! I've read other Dr. Seuss books that were translated literally, and if you know Dr. Seuss, that won't work at all. It's all about rhymes.br /Aida E. Marcuse understands this and has done an outstanding job with this and several other Suess books, in particular [Huevos Verdes con Jamon.]br /Si, me gusto Juan Ramon! :)
I guess I'm a tree-hugger September 28, 2008
Okay, so this is probably as preachy as Dr. Suess gets, and it just might get on the nerves of some people, but the tree hugger in me salutes him for it, even as he paints a grimmer picture of environmental destruction than Al Gore ever thought of. br /br /Even so, it's clearly Suess with his imaginative worlds and funny characters.br /br /It's a solemn book of warning that it pretty darn good into scaring kids into being careful with the environment.br /br /And that's not a bad thing.
Human-environmental interaction September 21, 2008
I could not wait to present this lesson to the class this year. Teaching seventh grade and the 5 themes of geography this book lends itself to many of those themes but mostly human-environmental interaction (how human interact and change the environment to fit their needs). Not only does this book show that but it really visualizes how we negatively impact the Earth for our own selfish needs. Again my students are in love with the facts that I am reading them a storybook and after the discussion they see that it isn't a plain, old storybook but it really does have a significant meaning.
The Dr.'s Inspiring Masterpiece September 19, 2008
Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Babybr /br /While most Dr. Suess stories are pure fun without any heavy message, The Lorax delivers an extremely blunt lesson on ecology. What's amazing is that Dr. Suess does this with a narrative that is engaging, entertaining and ultimately inspiring. You might think a book with such a heavy message could be a turn-off to young children, but I have found the opposite. My preschoolers find this story absorbing. I think they understand there is something truly important at stake, so the book means more to them than other Dr. Suess titles.br /
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