Poses questions for pondering: "Would you rather be a dog or be a cat?", "Would you rather live in igloos or in tents?", "Would you rather be a mermaid with a tail instead of feet?". Jenkins, Tiara; Yarmosky, Jessica (February 26, 2019). "Dr. Seuss Books Can Be Racist, But Students Keep Reading Them". NPR.org . Retrieved March 6, 2021. The title story concerns a boy who brags that he can fight 30 tigers and win. However, he makes excuse after excuse, finally disqualifying all the tigers until he must fight no tigers at all. The illustrations are notable for their use of gouache and brush strokes rather than the usual pen and ink. Other stories include King Looie Katz, another warning against hierarchical society advocating self-reliance, and The Glunk That Got Thunk about the power of run-away imagination.

Choose kindness with Horton the elephant and the Whos of Who-ville in this Dr. Seuss classic picture book about caring for others! In the kingdom of Didd, King Derwin is riding through a street past Bartholomew Cubbins, a poor boy in the market. Bartholomew removes his hat, according to the laws, but another hat mysteriously appears; when he attempts to remove this one too, another one appears again, and this continues, even as he removes more and more hats, each growing in extravagance and beauty. This is the first book where Dr. Seuss did not write any words in rhyme. Made into a Madcap Model Oscar-nominated short in 1943 in the Paramount Pictures series.

An alphabet book which features many strange creatures from Aunt Annie's Alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz. In the 2008 American computer animated adventure comedy film Horton Hears a Who!, Yaks (including Katie (voiced by Joey King [4]), which resembled the Yawning Yellow Yak) appear as residents of The Jungle of Nool. [5]

His work with others is included in this book. This is the only Beginner Book without the Beginner Books label. The Cat in the Hat brings his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, to a household of two young children one rainy day. Chaos ensues while the children wonder how they are going to explain what happens to their mother. The first Beginner Books entry written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and the book that started the line. Adapted into a 1971 television special and a 2003 feature-length film.

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This sturdy, abridged board-book adaptation of Dr. Seuss's The Many Mice of Mr. Brice shows twenty-six mice in action, introducing the youngest readers to fun words and word play, from dancing and singing, to trombone playing and whisker growing. A lazy boy chooses to stay in bed despite media coverage and the arrival of the U.S. Marines. Illustrated by James Stevenson; the last Beginner Books entry written by Dr. Seuss. The book is about a warmhearted schoolgirl named Mayzie who one day suddenly sprouts a bright yellow daisy from her head. This makes her famous and she starts to miss her normal life. The book was originally not illustrated by Geisel but rather by an uncredited Joe Mathieu. The book was re-published with Geisel's illustrations in 2016. Sam-I-Am consistently pesters an unnamed character (who is also the narrator; later named Guy-Am-I in the 2019 animated series) to try green eggs and ham. The unnamed character refuses to eat the food, insisting that he would not like it until the end. Adapted into a 1973 television special and a 2019 animated series, both by Warner Bros. Animation.