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GREAT BOOK!

2008-05-04
I love Dr. Seuss so much. This book is a great tool to teach young kids how to take care of the enivorment. My favorite Dr. Seuess book. <3

Classic Story Great, but Bad Printing

2008-04-14
I love this book. Well, not the exact book I received, but the original "Lorax" story. The text of the book I received from Amazon is slightly blurred: some sort of printing error, I guess. And of course, it's nigh on impossible to find an edition of the book with the truly telling line about Lake Erie anymore ("...looking for water that isn't so smeary./I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie."). Ah well - it's much better to have this shell-of-a-copy of the tale than none at all!

Crazy Environmentalist HOGWASH!

2008-03-02
Right on, all of you people who have given this book a negative review! What a terrible book to give to a child! Who does Dr. Seuss think he is, anyway? - Trying to teach young people about our moral obligations to future generations, and environmental stewardship... it's appalling. Doesn't anyone care about the struggling, rich, conservative business owners (Like the proud, pro-capitalist, two star reviewer Jeffrey Gray); desperately strip mining our mountains, clear-cutting our forests, polluting our streams, for their own personal wealth and gain? What about THEM? Never mind the fact that the current rate of extinction on this planet is estimated at one species every 20 minutes! Who cares that if everyone on earth were to live like the average North American, it would require 4-5 more planets to keep up with the drain on natural resources! I mean, the Bush administration has been trying so hard to keep facts and figures like these from the public that they've even gone to the extent of changing and editing scientific reports on climate change for our own well being... and positive reviews of "The Lorax" are the thanks they get?
If more children were to read this tripe, they might actually begin to understand our inter-connectedness to all living beings, and accidentally inherit a world with a sustainable future. Is that really what we want for our kids?!
Maybe the Bar-ba-loots, Swomee-Swans, and Humming-Fish should think twice before settling in to a perfectly viable habitat with such vast economic potential. (Wink.)
Peace.

An important message

2008-02-28
The Lorax is a wonderful commentary on environmental issues and an outstanding book by a very creative and ingenious author. It helps young children understand the importance of actively saving ones environment, while being entertaining at the same time. This is among the best of Dr. Seuss's works.

The Lorax

2008-02-17
This is a great gift for a young child in your life. Not only does it tell a story that sends an environmental message appropriate to the time, but it IS it's own message. I was thrilled when it arrived and I saw the "made from recycled materials" stamped on the front cover. This book can help you start the story of conservation with your kids.

An absolute MUST for children in this age!

2008-01-28
In this cautionary tale of greed and environmental destruction, the lovable Lorax tries to save the Truffula Forest and its inhabitants from disaster at the hands of the cantankerous Once-ler. Full-color illustrations.

Format: Hardcover, 70pp. ISBN: 0394823370 Publisher: Random House, Incorporated Pub. Date: May 1976 Recommend Age Range: 4 to 8

I Love It!!!! 2007-11-26
This is one of my favorite books. I know it's for kids, but me and my husband like to read it together. I actually bought it for his birthday.

Powerful book; if only grownups would read it too! 2007-11-23
There is nothing subtle about the message of the Lorax. Allow greed and stupidity to run amok and environmental destruction is sure to follow.

This story deals with a very serious and timely topic. Most children, I suspect, will get that message loud and clear. This can only be a good thing.

Fortunately, Dr. Seuss offers a ray of hope at the end of the story so kids won't be left in tears. My young children, for example, were deeply moved by this book but walked away upbeat and hopeful.

Not only do I highly recommend this book to young children, I recommend it to every politician and CEO on the planet. Cleary, many of them still don't get it.

In light of how little we value our planet's biodiversity, this story becomes more important each day.

Buy The Lorax right now and read it to your children more than once.

--Guy P. Harrison, author of 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God (Prometheus Books)

Go Green! 2007-11-22
Go green and get a copy of this fabulous book for every child you know. It is important to instill these values in our children NOW! Book could have been written yesterday, but was written decades ago. A true classic. Bravo, Dr. Seuss, you did it again, and this time, you really sent a message home.

Gotta love Dr. Seuss! 2007-11-14
I have seen this book acted out at summer camp, it really made it come alive for me. I bought this for a friend who is beginning a library for their unborn child. I would recommend it for all ages. It really hits home on how we are destroying our world and how greedy we are.
And don't worry about all the tongue-tying names, they will come to you and you'll be able to read the book without faltering I promise!