Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss) - Hardcover

Dr Seuss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039480077X ISBN 13: 9780394800776

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1966

Synopsis

Illus. in color by the author. It's the talk of the jungle when an elephant
hatches an egg. Extravagant nonsense and rollicking verse.

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Review:

Poor Horton. Dr. Seuss's kindly elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird lazy Maysie, takes a break. Little does Horton suspect that Maysie is setting off for a permanent vacation in Palm Springs. He waits, and waits, never leaving his precarious branch, even through a freezing winter and a spring that's punctuated by the insults of his friends. ("They taunted. They teased him. They yelled 'How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks he's a bird!'") Further indignities await, but Horton has the patience of Job--from whose story this one clearly derives--and he is rewarded in the end by the surprise birth of ... an elephant-bird. Horton Hatches the Egg contains some of Theodor Geisel's most inspired verse and some of his best-ever illustrations, the dated style of which only accentuates their power and charm. A book no childhood should be without. (Ages 2 to 7) --Richard Farr

Review:

“Dr Seuss ignites a child’s imagination with his mischievous characters and zany verses.”
The Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1966
• ISBN 10: 039480077X
• ISBN 13: 9780394800776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64