Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Inspirational yet honest, and always rhythmically rollicking, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is a perfect sendoff for children, 1 to 100, entering any new phase of their lives. Kindergartners, graduate students, newlyweds, newly employeds – all will glean shiny pearls of wisdom about the big, bountiful future. The incomparable Dr. Seuss rejoices in the potential everyone has to fulfill their wildest dreams: “You’ll be on your way up! / You’ll be seeing great sights! / You’ll join the high fliers / who soar to high heights.”  At the same time, he won’t delude the starry-eyed upstart about the pitfalls of life: “you can get all hung up / in a prickle-ly perch. / And your gang will fly on. / You’ll be left in a Lurch”.

But fear not! Dr. Seuss, with his inimitable illustrations and exhilarating rhymes, is convinced (“98 and ¾ percent guaranteed”) that success is imminent. As long as you remember “to be dexterous and deft. And NEVER mix up your right foot with your left, “things should work out. --- Emile Coulter

Author

 Dr. Seuss

“A person’s, no matter how small,” Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would sat. “Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.”

Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped millions of kids learn to read.

Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1925, he went to Oxford University, intending to acquire a doctorate in literature. At Oxford, Geisel me Helen Palmer, whom he wed in 1927. Upon his return to America later that year, Geisel published cartoons and humorous articles for Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at that time. His cartoons also appeared in major magazines such as Life, vanity fair, and Liberty. Geisel gained national exposure when he won an advertising contract for an insecticide called Flit. He coined the phrase, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!” which became a popular expression.

Geisel published his first children’s book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937, after 27 publisher rejected it.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and three Caldecott Honors, Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books. While Theodore Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool- Grade 3 – The master of enjoyable didacticism offers a flight of fancy into the future of a generic “you” who is venturing out into the world, where he will have ups and downs but will succeed and finally “MOVE  MOUNTAINS!” While doting relatives will find this extended greeting card an ideal gift for nursery school graduates, the story will have less appeal for children than Seuss’ story books and easy readers. Seuss’ characteristic drawings carry and extend the text through mazelike streets, over colorful checkerboard landscapes, into muddy blue “slumps”, through heady highs when fame results from success at the game of life, and through dark, lonely confrontations with graveyard – like fears in times of solitude. While the text gives a strong message of self-determination and potential, the small, male “you” pictured seems more of a passive passenger on his journey through life, reacting to things as they come and walking along with his eyes shut on both the first and last pages of the text. Although this does not rank among the best of Seuss’ books, its stress on self-esteem and imaginative artwork make it a good addition to picture-book collections – Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. 

Gift guide, The New York Times, June 21, 2008: “One book that has proved to be popular for graduates of all ages since it was first published in 1990”

From the Inside Flap

Illus. in full color “Don’t be fooled by the title of this seriocomic ode to success; it’s not ‘Climb Every Mountain,’ kid version. All journeys face perils, whether form indecision, from loneliness, or worst of all, from too much waiting. Seuss’ familiar pajama – clad hero is up to the challenge, and his odyssey is captured vividly in busy two-page spreads evoking both the good times (grinning purple elephants, floating golden castles) and the bad (deep blue wells of confusion). Seuss’ message is simple but never sappy: life may be a ‘Great Balancing Act,’ but through it all ‘There’s fun to be done.”

From the Back Cover

Everyone loved Dr. Seuss! A true original, he wrote and illustrated over 50 classic children’s books with total sales of more than 100 million copies.

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