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| Original Title: | Horton Hears a Who! |
| ISBN: | 0679800034 (ISBN13: 9780679800033) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Horton the Elephant |
| Characters: | Horton the Elephant |
Dr. Seuss
Paperback | Pages: 64 pages Rating: 4.18 | 93249 Users | 1426 Reviews
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In the fifties, my Mom was head librarian for our small-town library (politically, we were termed a Police Village, whatever that meant). So we kids got our literacy skills off and running when she used to catalogue books in our kitchen. Especially since City View was in the middle of the postwar Baby Boom - like everywhere else back then - which required her little library to be stocked with piles and piles of kids' books! And we were the first kids in our village of snug postwar bungalows to read Dr. Seuss. We laughed. We howled. We ROARED in delight! Horton Hears a Who was SO much better than our puny one-channel B&W TV with 7 hours of dull community programming - anyday! The early 1950‘s in backwater Canada were tough - the postwar recovery was going to take a while - but kids back then learned to VALUE their friends and family. I had a very good friend named Norman back in those days. Norman couldn‘t play ball or run with us - he had a defective heart. We all knew he didn‘t have much time to live. But Norman was the only friend I had who could talk about the serious things in life, and I had a very serious side, too, even back then. So we would talk about life and death. The Bomb. Our parents. The facts of life. Death itself. Serious, deep stuff that our prefab, one-size-fits-all society now rushes through in its plastic, clinical and brutal attempts to mature us. And how lucky we were - we didn’t live in a world of socially engineered mental hygiene back then. We were free! And the way we felt at the end of a long summer’s day was much like the warm feeling we get now after reading a very good book. A sense of being close to our roots and to our Creator... In our books we can find serious, non-conforming friends - just like my late friend Norman! People unafraid of the truth. And in books we can live in those simpler, unsupervised, unwatched times like he and I knew, all over again, if we like. It’s all in our books. Today my wife and I don't even have cable TV - only books. We learned something valuable from those years. Like, for instance, HORTON’s gentle philosophy. “An elephant’s faithful - one hundred percent!” Doesn’t get any better than that! Horton’s still in print. Theodore Geisel’s uncensored compassion lives on. Life is good. And you know what? The Big-Hearted elephant with Ears of a matching size (ears so acute and friendly they can detect a whole beleaguered Microdot Civilisation of Who's) still delights us and the little kids around us who may be hearing his story for the very first time. And still as comforting as ever, is the analogy of this Big Guy up there somewhere - as caring and compassionate as Horton or Norman - inclining his ear to the plight of a beleaguered world like ours and PROMISING that we will not stomped out by a new Rampaging Elephant. And so, these days, I always repeat Horton’s words to my wife: I meant what I said, & I said what I meant - An Elephant's faithful ONE HUNDRED PER CENT!
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| Title | : | Horton Hears a Who! (Horton the Elephant) |
| Author | : | Dr. Seuss |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 64 pages |
| Published | : | October 10th 1990 by Random House Books for Young Readers (first published August 1954) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Picture Books. Fiction. Classics. Poetry. Fantasy. Animals |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 93249 Users | 1426 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books Horton Hears a Who! (Horton the Elephant)
Such a sweet and endearing story about a loveable elephant just trying to help others out no matter the cost. You can't go wrong with Horton.In the fifties, my Mom was head librarian for our small-town library (politically, we were termed a Police Village, whatever that meant). So we kids got our literacy skills off and running when she used to catalogue books in our kitchen. Especially since City View was in the middle of the postwar Baby Boom - like everywhere else back then - which required her little library to be stocked with piles and piles of kids' books!And we were the first kids in our village of snug postwar bungalows to
When I'm reading some of these older picture books, I'm struck by how long they are. Have children's attention spans really changed that much in the last half century?I can't recall ever reading this one or having it read to me (although that doesn't mean it didn't happen). What I do remember about this one is hearing about pro-life groups co-opting the message because of the phrase, "A person's a person, no matter how small." Now, I can see why they might've twisted that around to fit their
After reading Horton Hatches the Egg I came to an understanding that you need to read the sequel right afterwards which made the whole story better. This book can be a standalone but I believe if you read the first book then you get a huge understanding of who Horton is and why he is loyal and persistent. I cannot say which one is better but I believe when it comes this book Dr. Seuss was more creative and found his flow of creativity.In the sequel, Horton's baby is apparently nonexistent at all
One of my children's favourites both at home and for reading time at school.They absolutely adore Horton. Recommended.
Told in the usual charming repetitive rhyme of Dr. Seuss so often appreciated by young children. Great message about how everyone is important and everyone can make a difference. Horton is a particularly endearing character, showing kindness and persistence, and risking ridicule and being ostracized and even being the recipient of abuse in order to help others and stand up for what he believes in. And the Whos do their part as well! One of those childrens books that can become more meaningful
When Horton the elephant hears a small cry for help coming from a speck of dust, he immediately does what he can. However, the other animals in the jungle think there is nothing there and try to destroy that speck of dust. Can Horton prove to them that there is someone that needs to be protected?Rereading this as an adult, I was struck by how strong the themes of standing up for what you believe and those who need your help are. But those themes never slow down the story, which features constant
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