Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Classic Seuss

Customer Reviews

Good Dr.Seuss Book

2007-06-26
I liked the book but not as much asOh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss)!!!

Love it Love it Love it!!

2007-06-09
young and old, we enjoy so much Dr. Seuss!!

Simple genius

2006-07-28
The moral of "Did I Ever..." is as much for the adults reading the story as for the kids who're enjoying it as part of a bedtime ritual. Dr. Seuss paints a picture of silly places and people we're lucky we're not, adjusting our point of view to show that we've got it pretty darn good. Probably not a lesson that a 2 year-old will immediately grasp and write a masters thesis on, but a good seed to plant in his mind. And while the deep meanings of life are flying over their heads, the rugrats will enjoy the brilliant Seuss-ian rhymes and illustrations of ridiculous situations (With your bedroom up here... And your bathroom up there!). Definitely a top-ten book for small human people.

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are

2002-04-19
This was, by far, my favorite book growing up. I loved trying to figure out how to say the strange words and eventually, I could almost recite the entire book from memory. I still can the first few pages. I don't know that I was helped psycologically, but it sure was and is a fun book!

and you think YOU have it bad...!!

2001-05-24
Theodore Seuss Guisel is, of course, one of the best known children's authors today. Though he left us in 1994, his legacy lives on and his books are still produced, bought and loved as much now as anytime in the past. When we think of him, we immediately think of "The Cat in the Hat" or "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", but we can easily forget some of his wonderful, lesser-known works. "When I was quite young and quite small for my size I met an old man in the Desert of Drize..." So begins "Did I Ever Tell You..." where the narrator finds an old man sitting atop a prickly cactus in the middle of the desert. The man tells the boy narrator that whenever HE feels like his life isn't going well, he reminds himself how lucky he really IS. He could be, for example, a construction worker on the impossibly rickety Bunglebung Bridge, where workers are toiling over the water to finish the impossibly crooked structure. Yes, things could be far worse!! You could be a Poogle-Horn Player who has to honk away on your complex, tuba-like Poogle-Horn while descending a flight of stairs... on a two story unicycle, no less!! The absurdness of people less fortunate splash across each page, Seuss-like, as Mr. Bix wakes up at 6 in the morning to find that his Borfin has schlumpped over, or Mr. Potter who has to dot i's and cross t's on endless, miles-long spools of paper! Yes, things could be far worse than they are, Ducky, so count yourself lucky! Published in 1973, "Have I Ever Told You..." is a wonderfully funny book with some subtle messages. Written during a period of time when parents were still forever admonishing their children, "you're so lucky to be able to eat those Brussels sprouts!! Why, there's children starving in Africa..." the book can be seen as a lesson in morality and thankfulness OR as satire of those very parents who encourage children to think of those less fortunate than them when they crank about life's inequities. Satire or morality play, "Have I Ever Told You..." is classical Seuss at his best. The illustrations are properly absurd and colorful, splashing across the page in Seuss's perennial style. There's humans assembling bridges as well as odd creatures getting stuck in 4-way traffic jams. The illustrations are uncluttered and the text is easy to read, making it an excellent choice for beginning to intermediate readers. A wonderfully fun book, and highly recommended!!

Great book for remembering how lucky we all are!!!

2008-06-09
I love this Dr. Seuss book. It is too easy these days to focus on the negative things in life. I bought this book for my 10 year old son and 12 year old daughter to remind them, in a humorous way, that even though everything in life may not be exactly the way they want it to be, they still have a pretty terrific life.

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky YouAre?

2008-03-06
I purchased this book for my daughter (a 33 year old 1st grade teacher) for her birthday. It was her favorite book as a child. She read it to her classroom and the kids loved it. No one in her class had heard of this book before. Even the school librarian had not heard of it. It is a great book and of course the illustrations were wonderful. I think the best part of the book is the true meaning of the book that no matter how bad you think you have it or how bad things are, there's always someone worse off than you are. It teaches positive thinking for all ages. My grandsons loved the book too so I know it will end up as worn out as the original book I purchased 30 years ago.

lucky you

2008-03-01
lucky me lucky you.. another little-known Seuss pick-me-upper ....
DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW LUCKY YOU ARE ?
i gave away both copies to friends who were down and put for the moment and they bounced back up all cheery... children of all ages can love and relate to his wacky situations ... our favorite this week is Harry Haddow who cannot make a shadow !!! give yourself and other this pleasure...Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)
b ackerman

Awesome book

2008-01-30
I enjoyed Dr. Seuss growing up and I'm super happy that my kids enjoy him too. Being able to show them some of the books and movies I liked as a kid is awesome and this is a great book to do that with.

One very happy garndchild!

2007-11-22
We had Several Dr. Seuss books shipped to my grandaughter while we were in South America. They arrived right on time for her birthday and she is one very happy kid. She proudly showed us all the books we sent to her when we arrived in the states.
Thanks Amazon.Com for the service.
Pete Waters (Granpa Bunny Bunny)