Bartholomew and the Oobleck: (Caldecott Honor Book) (Classic Seuss)
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394800753
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800752
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BOOK CLUB EDITION-Undated, copyright renewed 1977 - A TIGHT CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY- WITH MINOR SHELF WEAR-" In this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book, join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr. Seuss's classic tale of one king's magical mishap. Bored with rain, sun, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green globs called Oobleck, which soon causes a royal mess. But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the biggest problems." Review: Bartholomew and the Oobleck easily qualifies as a Seuss classic, first told way back in 1949. And its message--the importance of owning up to your mistakes and saying that you're sorry--is as timeless now as it was then. Bartholomew Cubbins serves thanklessly as a pageboy to King Derwin of Didd, a headstrong man who's decided he isn't satisfied with mere sun, fog, rain, and snow. ("Humph! The things that come down from my sky!") He wants something else, something uniquely his own, so he calls in his royal magicians ("Shuffle, duffle, muzzle, muff. Fista, wista, mista-cuff. We are men of groans and howls, mystic men who eat boiled owls"). Happy to oblige, the magicians tell the king they can make "oobleck" fall from the sky, only nobody--not even the magicians--knows just what oobleck is. But after a night of arcane incantations, everyone in the kingdom gets a taste of the stuff (in the case of the Captain of the Guard, literally!), as the green, gluey goo gums up everything in sight. Of course, Bartholomew tries to help, but it's up to the king to save the day, as he learns to utter not magic words but simple words with magic in them: "I'm sorry." (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
Synopsis
Bartholomew and the Oobleck is a 1949 book by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). It follows the adventures of a young boy named Bartholomew, who must rescue his kingdom from a sticky substance called oobleck. The book is a sequel of sorts to The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Unlike most of Geisel's books, which are written in anapestic tetrameter, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, like its predecessor, is a prose work.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17898
- Title
- Bartholomew and the Oobleck: (Caldecott Honor Book) (Classic Seuss)
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394800753
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800752
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 4 t
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