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Poor Horton. Dr. Seuss''s 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 that''s punctuated by the insults of his friends.
"They taunted. They teased him. They yelled ''How Absurd! Old
Horton the Elephant thinks he''s a bird!''" Fur
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When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks
Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all
sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he
would.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel - better known to millions of his fans as
Dr. Seuss is quite simply the most beloved children’s book author
in the world.
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.
Geisel published his first children''s book, And to Think That I
Saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937, after 27 publishers 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 Theodor Geisel died on
September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of
children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.
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