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Title: Bartholomew and the Oobleck : (Caldecott Honor Book) by DR SEUSS ISBN: 0-394-80075-3 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 October, 1949 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
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: 5
Summary: Science is fun, but not always
Comment: Bartholomew and the Oobleck is my favorite Seuss. The King wants something new to come from the sky. He's tired of the sun, the rain, the wind and the snow. He sends his magicians to their secret cave in mystic mountain Neekatave. In the morning green sticky oobleck falls from the sky and gums up the entire kingdom. It's great fun watching everything get stickier and sticker. Even the King gets stuck to his throne. Of course Bartholomew saves the day. And the King learns that the right thing to do when you've messed up other people's lives is apologize. Silly me, I'd hoped that my daughter would learn to apologize when she's made a mistake -- if kings can do it --- but she didn't get the message. Still, the book is delightful. I don't see it as an anti-science tale. Yes, lots of folks tried to talk the King out of his experiment, but scientists get that anti-science fear all the time. They have to ignore it or they can't do their jobs. The King didn't fire the magicians. This experiment was a failure. That didn't mean he should give up his throne and quit trying. He apologized, and went on with his life. That's the way life is.
Growing together,
Lois...
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: 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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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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