Product: The Lorax
Category: Fun Earth Day Books for Kids
ISBN: 0394823370
Age: toddler, preschool, kindergarten, elementary
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
The 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.
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