So you’ll find no objection to it here.Īnd not all of his work can even be categorized as nonsense. I am, however, an advocate for nonsense and I feel that a healthy dose of it in childhood can lead to improved creativity and confidence in adulthood. I can’t agree with useless but I’ll give you nonsensical, being that he wrote much of his work in a sing-song rhyme and added in quite a few made-up words. Seuss, calling his books nonsensical and useless. In browsing through picture book websites recently, I’ve noticed a lot of negativity aimed at Dr. Quick aside to my friends who have attended any of my Christmas special parties – The Hoober-Bloob Highway was nominated for an Emmy for Best Animated Special, but lost out to Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. While this book never got its own video adaptation, some of these far-out animals did get to make cameo appearances in the 1975 TV Special, The Hoober-Bloob Highway. It’s just a collection of made-up extra letters that are used to create a bunch of made-up animals with very Seuss-ian names, like Wumbus, Sneedle and Humpf-Humpf-a-Dumpfer. Everyone knows The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, but this is one of those books that seems to have gotten passed over by the masses, in favor of books with more linear storylines. Seuss would have been 109 years old today, so I’m presenting On Beyond Zebra, an old family favorite, in honor of his birthday. The plot in a nutshell: The narrator teaches us all the letters that come after Z in his version of the alphabet and all the creatures he can make from them.ĭr. My very young friend who is learning to spell: On Beyond Zebra Written and Illustrated by Dr.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |