Name: The Lorax
ISBN: 9780525707318

The Lorax

Long before "going green" was mainstream, Dr. Seuss's Lorax spoke for the trees and warned of the dangers of disrespecting the environment. In this cautionary rhyming tale (printed on recycled paper) we learn of the Once-ler, who came across a valley of Truffula Trees and Brown Bar-ba-loots, and how his harvesting of the tufted trees changed the landscape forever. - Publisher. The Lorax is the story of a boy who's looking for answers. Living in a ruined town, this little guy wants to know the story of the Lorax, so he goes to the Once-ler, an elderly inventor/manufacturer. Doc Brown -- ahem, the Once-ler -- tells the boy how the town came to be ruined, and most importantly, what he can do to turn things around. Who exactly was this this Lorax character, what was it doing here, and why was it taken away? These are questions only a man name the Once-ler can answer. The Once-ler's last words to the boy: "Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack./ Then the Lorax/ and all of his friends/ may come back." - shmoop.com

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mixmastamykFeb 2023

> rival the TV and YT junk

Can't compete with these, nope. Only way is to limit them a few hours a day or less. The ability to relax and be bored is essential to support the desire to read.

We did it an hour before bed every night under warm lighting. Loved Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Grinch, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Engelbreit's Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes set.

Loved The Police Cloud by Chris Neimann, and Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton.

We liked The Giving Tree, but be prepared as it shows a dysfunctional relationship. We took it as a "teachable moment."

Agree with those who say to go to the library for variety.

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Joel_MckayNov 2022

"The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith)

"Outliers: The Story of Success" (Malcolm Gladwell)

"Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control" (Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz)

"Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories" (Dr. Seuss)

"The Lorax" (Dr. Seuss)

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mixmastamykJun 2012

We discovered it after grabbing the various Seuss books at the library for my daughter. It is inspiring, but would have to say the Lorax is still our favorite. (Not to be confused with the noisy garbage that arrived in cinemas this year.)

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samchengJul 2018

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better. It's not."

  -  Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

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korethrJan 2018

I was surprised to learn that the book had been banned in some libraries, although in hindsight, perhaps I shouldn't have been. It would explain why I didn't know about the book until sometime in my late 20s.

Reading it, it was immediately apparent to me that it was a cold war allegory, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I didn't recall Dr. Seuss books having much in the way of sociopolitical commentary, and I still don't, outside stories like Yertle the Turtle or The Lorax. If the politics apparent in Yertle the Turtle went over my head as a child, it's possible that other allegories went over my head as well. I should go back and read those books again.

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daltonlpJan 2018

Some fun facts and thoughts:

- Seuss sought input on the book from his acquaintance, marine General Victor H. Krulak.

- Like The Lorax, the story is structured as a tale from an older generation to a modern one, where the younger character is a stand-in for the reader.

- As much as Seuss was against transparent moralizing, he delighted in obvious satire, and he wasn't afraid of being too on the nose. The Chief Yookeroo, the back-room boys with their slide rules and spectacles, the butter-up band. The "Your yookery" sign. The slavic-named antagonist VanItch.

- This book is interesting to compare with Seuss' editorial cartoons decades earlier, during WWII. At that time, he was producing unabashed anti-axis propaganda. During his lifetime, he had not just observed the kind of wartime fervor the Yooks subscribed to - he had been an active participant in it. http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dswenttowar/

- Writing a funny and poignant children's book about nuclear war is a hell of a challenge. The Butter Battle Book is a masterpiece.

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