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by Dr. Seuss (Author, Illustrator) "Young man," laughed the farmer, "You're sort of a fool!..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Picture Lions; New Ed edition (September 20, 1990)
  • ISBN-10: 0001716042
  • ISBN-13: 978-0001716049
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,658,437 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I would do anything to read this book when I was 5!, September 17, 2002
By "lynkfri13" (Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: McElligot's Pool (Classic Seuss) (Hardcover)
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When I was ages 4-7 with constant earaches, and finally needing my tonsils out, this book was the only bribe that would get me to the pediatricians office.( He had a copy in his waiting room)

My kids loved it just as much. Im not sure why it's even more popular than other Dr. Seuss. Perhaps because of the beautifully expanding imaginary depths that the hero imagines lie beneath McElligot's Pool. The delightfully bizarre illustrations of the ever more outrageous fish that might populate this world are mysterious and entrancing. As always, Dr. Seuss is a genius at putting common, and his own invented words together into sentences that sing themselves off the page.

This is a wonderful story for kids 3-7. (Please, don't make them go to the doctor's office to read it) :-)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Pleasures of Youthful Optimism, February 21, 2001
This review is from: McElligot's Pool (Classic Seuss) (Hardcover)
This book sets up a contrast between the sour pessimism of an adult farmer and the unbounded optimism of a boy. The farmer finds the boy with his fishing line dangling in a small water-filled crack in the earth.

"You're sort of a fool!

You'll never catch fish

in McElligot's Pool!"

As you can imagine, youngster often take that as a challenge to keep doing what they are doing, and this one certainly did. His fertile imagination soon fills the world with opportunity for good fishing.

"This pool might be bigger

Than you or I know!"

He goes on to imagine that it could connect underground all the way to the sea and contain many varieties of fish (Dog Fish, Catfish, or "even a fish made of strawberry jelly" not to mention one with a pinwheel-like tail, another with fins like a sail, and many many more). The book's core is a series of fantastic fish, each more remarkable than the last. The most exciting one to me is a THING-A-MA-JIGGER (that's much bigger than a whale).

Having thought about all of these fish, the boy ponders,

"Oh, the sea is so full of a number of fish,

If a fellow is patient, he might get his wish!"

But, the boy is still there with the little pool. What else is he thinking? He's actually congratulating himself for being so wise.

"And that's why I think

That I'm not such a fool

When I sit here and fish

In McElligot's Pool!"

That, of course, is the downside of optimism. You can spend a lot of time doing things that make little sense, in hopes they will pan out. Research has shown that optimists vastly outperform pessimists. The difference seems to be that optimists try more things, and some of them work!

I strongly urge you to share this book with your child and anyone else who needs more optimism. The story will be like Dumbo's magic feather in providing confidence to try.

After you and your child have enjoyed this book many times, I suggest that you discuss other ways to encourage appropriate optimism. For example, you can ask other people what has worked well. You can also imagine what perfection would be like and then work backward to how you might capture some of it. In having these conversations, you will be arming your child with many good tools for employing limitless optimism to achieve much more!

Look on the bright side, always!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Look at all the fish you can catch!, May 12, 1999
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This review is from: McElligot's Pool (Classic Seuss) (Hardcover)
The earlier reviewer is right; who cannot like a book by Dr. Seuss? This classic children's story is about a boy fishing in a small pool and imagining all types of fish that he might catch, most of them quite fanciful. I still remember laughing when I first read it as a child. The book was a 1948 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a children's book.
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McElligot's Pool was one of my favorite books growing up and now I can read it to my girls. Now they love it as much as I do!
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5.0 out of 5 stars every child should have this
I fell in love with the story and pictures when I was 4. I'm buying it today for my new grandson.

John
Published on June 1, 2006 by John Thompson

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