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You're Only Old Once! | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Category: Book
Buy New: $30.85
New (3) Used (1) Collectible (1) from $14.88
Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 1756210
Media: School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 061300051X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780613000512
ASIN: 061300051X
Publication Date: October 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Subtitled A Book for Obsolete Children, this unusual item in the Seuss canon doesn't really belong among the children's books. Written to celebrate the nonsense master's 82nd birthday, it follows "you" (an elderly gent in a suit and white moustache) through a physical check-up in some fiendish geriatric clinic. You are measured, prodded, and subjected to all the medical indignities familiar and unfamiliar to the elderly. "You must see Dr. Pollen, our Allergy Whiz, who knows every sniffle and itch that there is... He will check your reactions to thumbtacks and glue, catcher's mitts, leaf mould, and cardigans too. Nasturtiums and marble cake, white and blue chalks, anthracite coal and the feathers of hawks." It's clear that the process is going to be long, but much shorter than the bill. The blurb on the back says it all: "Is this a children's book? Well... not immediately. You buy a copy for your child now and you give it to him on his 70th birthday." Actually, it would make an amusing gift for anyone over 40. --Richard Farr
Product Description
Dr. Seuss lightens the aches and pains of growing old with his inimitable wit and wisdom. In this new defense against aging, we follow our hapless hero through his checkup with the experts at the Golden Years Clinic.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
Cute and How True! September 3, 2008
Carole D. Deptula
Dr. Seuss writes from personal experience, and this experience says a lot about the medical field! It is so good to see some humor concerning the fears and anxieties of growing old.
Close to the truth April 5, 2008
W. Wagner (North Carolina)
Easy to order. Arrived on time.
A funny book for us old folks. I have ordered copies for my aging friends.
Seussisms July 30, 2007
Bob
This is a great gift for all your friends turning 50!
Lets them know exactly what to expect in the coming years.
No one could say it better than Dr. Suess.
You'll Laugh June 2, 2007
S. M. Lindsey (Georgia, USA)
I first saw this book while visiting friends in a retirement home. When I got home I immediately ordered it from Amazon and placed it on my coffee table. If you are even on the verge of getting older, you will understand Dr. Seuss' adventure to the doctor's office, and appreciate the humor he injects concerning the many tests, etc. one sometimes must tolerate as we age.
Must Have for 60th Birthdays May 12, 2007
Willie D. Brunetti (Fernandina Beach, FL)
The family has given this book to friends for years as a gift on their 60th birthday. It is a fun look at the aging process and brings laughter from all who have received the book. Usually we have the friend sit on our laps and we read it to them as we would a child. Great stuff..
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