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The Sneetches and Other Stories | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Brand: Dr. Seuss
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Seller: owlsbooks
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 3255
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 72
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.2 x 0.4
MPN: 0089-3
ISBN: 0394800893
EAN: 9780394800899
ASIN: 0394800893
Publication Date: August 12, 1961
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Illus. in full color. "Four funny easy-to-read stories all with subtly planted moral lessons."Format: Hardcover, 65pp. ISBN: 0394800893 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Pub. Date: May 1976 Recommend Age Range: 4 to 7
Amazon.com Review
"Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches / Had bellies with stars. / The Plain-Belly Sneetches / Had none upon thars." This collection of four of Dr. Seuss's most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the unfortunate Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean ("the Fix-it-up Chappie"), who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly. Following the Sneetches, a South-Going Zax and a North-Going Zax seem determined to butt heads on the prairie of Prax. Then there's the tongue-twisting story of Mrs. McCave--you know, the one who had 23 sons and named them all Dave. (She realizes that she'd be far less confused had she given them different names, like Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face or Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate.) A slightly spooky adventure involving a pair of haunted trousers--"What was I scared of?"--closes out the collection. Sneetches and Other Stories is Seuss at his best, with distinctively wacky illustrations and ingeniously weird prose. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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Very Satisfied June 13, 2010
Tracey Pickell (NY)
This item was delivered in a very timely manner and was brand new as stated. Thanks so much.
sneetches and other stories June 8, 2010
Tara L. Wallace
could never find this book in the stores if i tried. amazon has every old book ive ever looked for. love these stories the most. my mom read this to me when i was little and now i read them to my 4 year old. she loves them just as much as i did 20 years ago. great book!
Sneetches-The Book to Read June 4, 2010
E. Brown (Gary, Indiana, US)
This book is fantastic. My daughter age ,11 took the book to school and her teacher created an assignment around it. The lesson was about class and race and that everyone is the same. What a way to teach children about discrimination and segragation in a simple fashion and fair treatment! This book deserves 10 stars. I would reccommend this book for any age group from 5 and older.
 . May 15, 2010
Ulyyf (NYC)
Ah, Sneetches.
This book comes with four Seuss stories. It is a mark of the man's skill that he was able to write a clear moral for each of them without being too preachy. (He didn't always succeed at this, which is why I refuse to buy a copy of the Lorax, but when he got it right he was SO right.)
The first story, Sneetches, is a pretty clear moral about discrimination. The ones with stars and the ones with "none upon thars" run back and forth and back and forth trying to have the right number of stars until they are all fleeced out of all their cash. And then they figure out that a Sneetch is a Sneetch, stars or no.
The second one, about the Zaxes, is what happens when a south-going Zax meets a north-going Zax and neither is willing to budge an inch. The world doesn't stop, no matter how long they stand there, and a whole city goes up while they glare at each other.
Mrs. McCave had 23 sons and she named them all Dave and if there's a moral here (other than "Knock it off with the zany theme naming!") I can't find it. Good fun, though :)
And finally, that one about the scary green pants that walk around with nobody in them and scare our narrator witless until he realizes they're as scared of him as he is of them.
They're fun, most of them have a good moral, and they're Seuss. What more can you ask for? (Note: Some kids might find that green pants story a little scary.)
Love Every Story... March 18, 2010
Welsh Fox (Raleigh, NC)
There isn't a story in this book that I don't enjoy reading to my kids. It makes you want to speak Sueuss all day long. My kids love Too Many Daves, the story of a woman who named all 23 of her sons Dave, and the list of alternative names she should have picked crack up my kids every time. I love the messages of The Sneetches, the unbudging Zax, and the pale green pants. They're unbelievably imaginative, clever, relevant, and just plain fun to read.
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