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The Sneetches and Other Stories: Yellow Back Book (Dr Seuss - Yellow Back Book) Paperback – International Edition, May 6, 2003

by Dr. Seuss (Author, Illustrator)

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The Star-Bellied Sneetches have bellies with Stars, but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches have none upon thars! Rivalries rocket when Sylvester McMonkey McBean steps in to prey on their prejudices, but in the end we realise that prejudice is nothing more than a rediculous waste of time.

With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.

As the first step in a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands – Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. The Sneetches and Other Stories belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.

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Classic Seuss
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68 pages
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English
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6.42 x 0.2 x 8.86 inches
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HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
Publication date

May 6, 2003
ISBN-10

0007158505
ISBN-13

978-0007158508
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Dr. Seuss ignites a child's imagination with his mischievous characters and zany verses.
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The Star-Bellied Sneetches think they're much better than the Plain-Bellied Sneetches. But they're about to discover that its whats inside that really matters!

By combining the funniest stories, craziest creatures and zaniest pictures with his unique blend of rhyme, rhythm and repetition, Dr. Seuss helps children of all ages and abilities learn to read.

'Dr. Seuss makes reading fun!'

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks; Rebranded edition (May 6, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 68 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007158505
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007158508
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 10 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.42 x 0.2 x 8.86 inches

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Theodor Seuss Geisel—aka Dr. Seuss—is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into 45 languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 10, 2023

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I love how there are so many classic stories in one book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 6, 2023

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This was my daughters favorite book as a toddler and the perfect gift for my new niece!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2023

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Perfect condition. Great book and value.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2023

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Greatest dr Seuss book! Great lessons for all

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2023

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Got this book for my Mother on Mother's day! She loves this story so much

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 30, 2023

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Fantastic stories

The stories are great learning tools.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2023

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I liked each story. Teaches youth that everyone has sensible interactions everyday.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2023

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Great book. On time delivery

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M. Raymond

Non-WOKE perspective on prejudice, written during US Civil Rights era

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 1, 2021

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This wonderful book addresses many issues related to prejudice, superiority, judging others, segregation, division of people, rigid thinking (You're Wrong and I'm Right) as well as "Fear of the UNKNOWN"..in 4 short stories.

It was written around the period of the US Civil Rights movement, and was a way that Dr Suess hoped to reach youth, by exposing them to the adult nonsense of judging people by the way they look.

Due to the current trend of Woke-ism in modern education, most modern books that attempt to address this topic end up creating more division, hatred, confusion and self-doubt rather than understanding, self-reflection, and love for other human beings.

Mercifully, we can go back a few decades and find someone with the wisdom of Dr Suess, who came from a place of love.

Although this may not be "the best" of his writing, it is surely one of the most important in terms of the themes it brings up.

Note: if you are triggered by my using the term WOKE...just ignore this review and look up the book yourself and see if you like it. Don't look over this gem due to your dislike of me or any reviewer.

As I struggle to find good children's books and young adult titles that are not influenced by WOKE culture, perhaps someone will find this review of use.

P.S. The last story about the "scary trousers" is fantastic, too...addressing how we can fear something irrationally...just because we don't understand it.

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Dan

Delightfully subversive...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 27, 2013

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These are wonderful stories for children, especially the Sneetches. They teach great morals, are fun and easy to read, and make for great bedtime stories. But as an adult, if you think about when Dr. Suess wrote these stories, during the lead up to the civil rights movement in America (the Sneetches was published in 1961, the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1967), they are remarkable in his attempts to influence society through children's literature. Dr. Suess himself was always very open about his push for social change through his books like the Lorax (environmentalism), the Sneetches (race relations), and Yertle the Turtle (class equality).

For those who don't know, the Sneetches is a story about the Sneetches with stars on their bellies, and those without. The star bellied sneetches won't talk to those without. When a stranger comes to town and offers to put stars on the bellies of those without for three dollars each, everything changes. As the original star bellied sneetches pay ten dollars each to remove their stars to remain different the two groups eventually realise they really aren't that different after all.

The Zax is a story about stubbornness and how sometimes it is better to give a little than to stand firmly in your place.

Too Many Daves is a cute and funny poem with no real meaning behind it (as far as I can tell).

What Was I Scared Of? is a bizarre story about a boy who is afraid of an empty pair of trousers he sees in the woods. Eventually he realises that they can be friends.

Every kid should grow up on Dr. Suess, and I recommend this collection whole heartedly, as the Sneetches alone make it worth the purchase.

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Joanne

Well packaged, book protected during transit

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 22, 2021

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Book arrived well packaged and protected, great if you want to keep the book and pass it down the generations. The story of the Sneetches did not capture the imagination of my grandchildren as much as Yurtle the Turtle. However if you want to collect Dr Seuss, it's a must have. One of the questions here is what age was the book bought for.. It is suitable for toddler upwards, use your imagination when telling the story

John 2000

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 12, 2020

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Love this book cause it’s got that story about a pair of trousers walking around... at first they was acting all scary, then it turned out that the trousers were just as scared lol.
Plus a few other story’s... but the trouser one is the best imo, read it loads of times

impostor

Pure genius

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 27, 2018

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No child should be without this book. It should be law. Come to that no adult should be without a copy. It made a great impression on me as a child in the Sixties. Its now over fifty years later and its magic is undimmed. The other two stores in this volume are also superb.

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