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Title: Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss, Theodore Seuss Geisel ISBN: 0-394-07673-7 Publisher: Amer School Pub Pub. Date: June, 1985 Format: Audio Cassette List Price(USD): $19.90 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Power Trip Can Put You in a Sticky Situation!
Comment: The King of Didd loved to look into the sky. But he was increasingly unhappy with what he saw -- only rain, snow, fog, and sunshine. As a powerful king, he decided to change things so he could get more.
The book is a wonderful look at the perils of getting what you think you want, a great lesson for children to learn at an early age. Unlike other Dr. Seuss books, this one is mostly in prose. The color in the illustrations is limited to green to flesh out the oobleck. The drawings and the humor though are first rate Dr. Seuss!
Bartholomew is the King's page boy, and the king's source of common sense. When the king decides to call in his magicians to create oobleck, Bartholomew's warnings are unheeded. Even the magicians give a warning, for they have never made oobleck before and don't quite know how it will turn out. Nevertheless, the king orders the magicians to go ahead. When the first green drops hit, the king decides to declare a holiday.
But soon there are problems. Oobleck is very sticky! And it's coming down in ever increasing quantities. What do you do?
The resolution is a particularly good one, for it reinforces the moral that any willful thing we decide to do can be undone if we unbend our will. (It also encourages good manners.)
Reading this book reminded me of when I was about five. I only liked to eat junk food. I begged my parents to buy ever larger quantities. Finally, my mother said. "All right. You're in charge of buying food for yourself this week. You'll have only that to eat." I stocked up on potato chips, candy, soft drinks, and other wonderful snacks. By the fourth day, I couldn't face any more junk food. I begged my mother to take back the job of selecting food for me!
After you finish enjoying the story, I suggest that you also talk to your child about how to get rid of unexpected substances. This can be a great encourager of creativity. For years, I have used an interview question that I learned during a scholarship interview while I was in high school. What would you do if you woke up one morning and the world was covered to a depth of 30 feet by ping pong balls?
A good lesson to reinforce is to encourage your child to consider what could go wrong, and how to handle that, before trying to make some change. That approach is good training for the realities of life.
Enjoy what you have!
Rating: 5
Summary: The power of two little words!
Comment: Boy, this book takes me back when I was very young. I really enjoyed it. And, now that I'm considerably older, I still enjoy it. It is a story about a king who is bored with the things that fall from the sky (for example, rain, snow, etc.) and orders his magicians to make something new. They come up with oobleck, a green, gooey substance. But, when it begins to fall, it messes up everything and the king's page, Bartholomew, teaches the king the power of the words, "I'm sorry." The book was a 1950 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a children's book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great story for making up voices...
Comment: Although "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" is different in style than the Dr Seuss books most people are familiar with, it is still a good story. Bartholomew is pageboy to the king, and apparently the smartest person in the kingdom. When the king orders his magicians make "something new" fall from the sky, with disasterous consequences, which threaten to bury the kingdom under an ocean of green sludge, only Bartholomew takes action.
I love doing different voices when I read stories to children, and this book certainly lends itself to that as Bartholomew runs through the castle trying to alert people of the danger, and get help from anyone, exchanging dialogue with a large variety of people along the way.
I'm only giving this book 4 stars, instead of 5, because it doesn't hold the attention of my kids as well as many of the other books we own, but we certainly have a lot of fun with it anyway.
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Title: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss ISBN: 039484484X Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 09 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss ISBN: 0394800869 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 September, 1948 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss ISBN: 0394800877 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 April, 1958 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by DR SEUSS ISBN: 0394844947 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 19 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The King's Stilts by DR SEUSS ISBN: 0394800826 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 October, 1939 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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