The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
List Price:
Our Price: $7.95
You Save: $7.00 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $6.39 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss GeiselEdition: Hardcover
Published: 1971-08-12
ISBN: 0394823370
Number of pages: 72
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Book Reviews of The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
Book Review: Classic Story Great, but Bad Printing
Summary: 3 Stars
I love this book. Well, not the exact book I received, but the original "Lorax" story. The text of the book I received from Amazon is slightly blurred: some sort of printing error, I guess. And of course, it's nigh on impossible to find an edition of the book with the truly telling line about Lake Erie anymore ("...looking for water that isn't so smeary./I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie."). Ah well - it's much better to have this shell-of-a-copy of the tale than none at all!
Summary of The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.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. (Ages 4 to 8)
"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not."
Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.
"The big, colorful pictures and the fun images, word plays and rhymes make this an amusing exposition of the ecology crisis."—School Library Journal. Illus. in full color.
Classics by Age Books
- Children's Books > Literature
- Poetry > Dr. Seuss
- Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Environment > Fiction
- Fiction
- Forests & Trees > Nonfiction
- Ages 4-8 > Staff Favorites
- Picture Books
- Popular Characters > Book Characters > Dr. Seuss
- Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( S ) > Dr. Seuss > General
- Hardcover
- Children's Books: Literature: Classics by Age: General
- Children's Books: Science, Nature & How It Works: Nature: General
- Children's Books: Ages 4-8: General
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in For Craig's so-called Aunt Carol
George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friendsby James Marshall
Houghton Mifflin; Published: 1997-10-27; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.83
Price in other shops:
The Lorax (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1971-08-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
Into the Woods : Musical CDby Stephen Sondheim
BMG Music; Published: 1987; Unbound; Book
Best price: $17.02
Adele & Simonby Barbara McClintock
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); Published: 2006-09-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.58
Price in other shops:
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Portfolio Edition)by Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin; Published: 1996-10-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.45
Price in other shops:
You Can't Take a Balloon into the National Gallery (Picture Puffins)by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Puffin; Published: 2002-05-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.95
Price in other shops:
Philadelphia Chickensby Sandra Boynton
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2002-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.44
Price in other shops:
Bed, Bed, Bed (They Might Be Giants)by They Might Be Giants
Simon & Schuster; Published: 2003-10-28; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.56
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1962-08-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops:
Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)by Dr. Seuss
INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR; Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1960-08-12; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $3.40
Price in other shops:
The Cat in the Hatby Dr. Seuss
Random House; Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1957-03-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.85
Price in other shops:
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss
Random House; Random House, New York; Published: 1990-01-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1984-01-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.41
Price in other shops:
Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1940-10-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.97
Price in other shops:
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1973-09-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.39
Price in other shops:
Yertle the Turtle and Other Storiesby Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1958-04-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Classic Seuss)by Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1961-08-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.17
Price in other shops:
Horton Hears A Who!by Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers; Published: 1954-08-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.88
Price in other shops: