Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss [Hardcover]

Dr. Seuss (Author), Molly Leach (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: K and up

From his very first book to his very last book, here in one big volume are 13 classic Dr. Seuss stories, everyone’s favorites. All of the words and virtually all of the illustrations are included. Each story is prefaced by a short essay by someone whose life was changed by Dr. Seuss or who is simply an unabashed admirer. Also included are photographs of Dr. Seuss, memorabilia, and original sketches from his books. The stories included are: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Horton Hears a Who!, McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, Happy Birthday to You!, Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book, Yertle the Turtle, The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax, The Sneetches, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) was born March 2, 1904, and died September 25, 1991.
With introductory essays to each story by:
Barbara Bader, Author and Critic
Stan and Jan Berenstain, Creators of The Berenstain Bears
Audrey Geisel, Widow of Dr. Seuss
Peter Glassman, Children’s Bookseller
Starr LaTronica, Children’s Librarian
John Lithgow, Actor and Children’s Book Author
Barbara Mason, Kindergarten Teacher
Richard H. Minear, Author of Dr. Seuss Goes to War
Christopher Paolini, Author of Eragon
Charles D. Cohen, Author of The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and
Nothing but the Seuss
Pete Seeger, Folksinger
Christopher Cerf, TV Writer, Composer, and Producer
Lane Smith, Children’s Book Illustator

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 1St Edition edition (October 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375810617
• ISBN-13: 978-0375810619
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 1.3 x 12.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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91 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff at a Great price, December 10, 2004

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MS (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss (Hardcover)

My son loves Dr. Seuss (we usually checked them out from the library) so I was looking to buy some of his favorites for him. Then, I came across this - it includes 13 of Seuss's best including all my son's favorites (Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Sneetches, The Grinch, If I ran the Zoo ...) All for under $25! I went ahead and purchased it. Now, every night we read a couple of stories ("Green Eggs and Ham" is always one of them) and my son loves it! The only problem I found with it is that it is too heavy to be handled by young kids (under 5) alone. But it is sturdily bound and the pages are good quality. Not for trips though.

116 of 127 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars too bulky, too compressed, December 9, 2005

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W. Lee "blee" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss (Hardcover)

Too bulky to be comfortably read in bed. Also, the pages seem to be "doubled-up." That is, it seems they squeeze 2 pages of the normal edition onto 1 page, which does not flow as well or look as attractive. Of course, Seuss rules otherwise, but get the single edition books.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ill Conceived, October 23, 2010

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Samus Aran - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Favorite Seuss: A Baker's Dozen by the One and Only Dr. Seuss (Hardcover)

I read through some of this volume in Hastings and was glad I didn't purchase it online. There are several big problems. The first thing I noticed, just looking at the cover, is that it has a lot of overlap with two other one-volume collections: Six by Seuss and Hatful of Seuss. In particular, Yertle the Turtle, Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, Sneetches, Lorax, Sleep Book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Horton Hears a Who, are all available in those other two collections so if you have them already, you're only getting five new books. Looking inside, I saw that all the illustrations are small so they fit two on a page, and you can tell pretty easily that many of the pics have been cropped. Even with all that corner cutting, the book is still too heavy. So far I really don't think this was made with children in mind. Then I looked at the table of contents and saw that it said "The Sneetches" not "The Sneetches and Other Stories." Same with Yertle the Turtle. I flipped to the appropriate pages and sure enough, only the cover stories of those two books were there. Personally my favorite story in Sneetches was "What Was I Scared Of?" which wasn't even there! Meanwhile, Hatful of Seuss has the full Sneetches book, beginning to end, and Six by Seuss has the complete Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. (I was actually going to give this two stars until I came to this part of the review.)

The (One) Positive: It contains a lot of Seuss lore and scratchwork between stories. You'll see things like old first draft drawings of Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss's "Epic Poem" (which is very short), and first appearances of characters he'd later incorporate in his books. Definitely worth a read, but do it in a bookstore or library, unless you're rich enough to spend an extra $20 just to get those bits and pieces.

Summary:

*If you get this book, you're going to get something that's heavy, cramped, and incomplete with a few things of historical interest in between.

*You could get 8 of these books in better one-volume collections, collections that present them the way they deserve to be presented. (Can you tell I like those other collections?)

*Ignore this review if you're rich. Bits of this thing are awesome.