 | By: Dr. Seuss Binding: Paperback Publisher: Picture Lions ISBN: 0007158505 ISBN-13: 9780007158508 Released: 06 May 2003 RRP: Average Rating:  |
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, & asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. The Sneetches & Other Stories was one of her picks.
One of the reasons I liked to read Dr. Seuss stories to alll of my children was that they contain up-lifting moral messages. In The Sneetches, the lesson is tolerance of those who are different from you. In The Zax, cooperation is encouraged. In Too Many Daves, individuality is espoused. What Was I Scared of? looks at the irrational bases of many of our fears.
The stories are also wonderful because they are humorous, have fun poems, & the drawings are very interesting & unusual.
The moral lesson in The Sneetches is put together in a very clever way. The story starts with two types of Sneetches, those with stars on their tummies & those without. The former are the higher status group. Then, Sylvester McMonkey McBean came to town with machines that could add stars. He quickly got rich making alll the Sneetches look alike. The high-class Sneetches didn't like that, so they paid to have the stars taken off. And so on it went, until McBean had alll of the money. Then, the Sneetches finallly got smart & treated everyone alike, whether or not they had stars. As you can see, this makes anyone who holds onto smalll differences as being important look silly (whether based on something one is born with, or perhaps even based on something one can buy like athletic sneakers). Ah, a great story!
The Zax get so caught up on who is right that the world passes them by. In fact, a whole road & a city are built right over them as they stand firm against the other in the sand. Such a lovely counter-thought that is for stubborn children to learn!
Too Many Daves reminds me of a family I met where the father was named Bruce & had several sons named Bruce. It was most confusing when they were alll around. We have a bit of the same problem in my family where there are four Dons in three generations. Everyone in my family lobbies against any more Dons!
What Was I Scared of! was my daughter's least favorite story in this book. I think that was because the scary parts last for many dark-looking pages. The resolution that the scary looking pants are just as frightened as you are takes a long time to develop. You may find that your child will like this story at an older age than the other stories in the book. It's the last one, so it's easy to stop just before it.
Now, having read (or reread) these stories, ask yourself what misconceptions you have about the way the importance of how things are. If you act the opposite of any of these stories, your child may find you a little hypocritical. Cure those little faults before you falll in your child's eyes!
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, & asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. The Sneetches & Other Stories was one of her picks.
One of the reasons I liked to read Dr. Seuss stories to alll of my children was that they contain up-lifting moral messages. In The Sneetches, the lesson is tolerance of those who are different from you. In The Zax, cooperation is encouraged. In Too Many Daves, individuality is espoused. What Was I Scared of? looks at the irrational bases of many of our fears.
The stories are also wonderful because they are humorous, have fun poems, & the drawings are very interesting & unusual.
The moral lesson in The Sneetches is put together in a very clever way. The story starts with two types of Sneetches, those with stars on their tummies & those without. The former are the higher status group. Then, Sylvester McMonkey McBean came to town with machines that could add stars. He quickly got rich making alll the Sneetches look alike. The high-class Sneetches didn't like that, so they paid to have the stars taken off. And so on it went, until McBean had alll of the money. Then, the Sneetches finallly got smart & treated everyone alike, whether or not they had stars. As you can see, this makes anyone who holds onto smalll differences as being important look silly (whether based on something one is born with, or perhaps even based on something one can buy like athletic sneakers). Ah, a great story!
The Zax get so caught up on who is right that the world passes them by. In fact, a whole road & a city are built right over them as they stand firm against the other in the sand. Such a lovely counter-thought that is for stubborn children to learn!
Too Many Daves reminds me of a family I met where the father was named Bruce & had several sons named Bruce. It was most confusing when they were alll around. We have a bit of the same problem in my family where there are four Dons in three generations. Everyone in my family lobbies against any more Dons!
What Was I Scared of! was my daughter's least favorite story in this book. I think that was because the scary parts last for many dark-looking pages. The resolution that the scary looking pants are just as frightened as you are takes a long time to develop. You may find that your child will like this story at an older age than the other stories in the book. It's the last one, so it's easy to stop just before it.
Now, having read (or reread) these stories, ask yourself what misconceptions you have about the way the importance of how things are. If you act the opposite of any of these stories, your child may find you a little hypocritical. Cure those little faults before you falll in your child's eyes!
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