Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss)Amazon.com Review
Poor Horton. Dr. Seusss kindly elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird lazy Maysie, takes a break. Little does Horton know that Maysie is setting off for a permanent vacation in Palm Springs. He waits, and waits, never leaving his precarious branch, even through a freezing winter and a spring thats punctuated by the insults of his friends. ("They taunted. They teased him. They yelled How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks hes a bird!") Further indignities await, but Horton has the patience of Job--from whose story this one clearly derives--and he is rewarded in the end by the surprise birth of... an elephant-bird.
Horton Hatches the Egg contains some of Theodor Geisels most inspired verse and some of his best-ever illustrations, the dated style of which only accentuates their power and charm. A book no childhood should be without. (Ages 2 to 7)
--Richard FarrIllus. in color by the author. Its the talk of the jungle when an elephant hatches an egg. Extravagant nonsense and rollicking verse.
Rate Points :4.5
Binding :Hardcover
Label :Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer :Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup :Book
Studio :Random House Books for Young Readers
Publisher :Random House Books for Young Readers
EAN :9780394800776
Price :$14.95USD
Lowest Price :$3.00USD
