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McElligot's Pool (Classic Seuss) | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $0.82
as of 9/4/2010 20:18 PDT details
Seller: betterworldbooks_
Rating:  28 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Early
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 64
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0394800834
EAN: 9780394800837
Publication Date: September 12, 1947
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review
McElligot's Pool is a Seuss classic from the distant era before even The Cat In The Hat. It's a single poetic variation on the theme of adult skepticism that's no match for childhood faith and daydreaming. A small boy is fishing in the tiny, unpromising McElligot's Pool, a puddle that (as a passing farmer informs our diminutive hero) is nothing but a hole where people dispose of their junk. But the boy is all optimism: what if the pool is deeper than anyone thinks? What if it connects to an underground stream that flows under the town to the sea? Might not all sorts of fish then swim up the stream and be caught here? "I might catch an eel... (Well, I might. It depends.) A long twisting eel with a lot of strange bends. And, oddly enough, with a head at both ends!" The moral of the story is straightforward: "If I wait long enough, if I'm patient and cool,/ Who knows what I'll catch in McElligot's pool?" (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr
Product Description
Illus. in color. Who knows what fantastic fish might swim in McElligot's Pool!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 Changed a 4-year old's outlook June 1, 2010
J. D. Haynes (Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I initially rejected this, my first book from the public library at age 4, because of the cruelty of the barbed fish-hook on the cover. My father said that I should reconsider and not judge a book by its cover (indeed, inside the book no fish-hook hurts a fish). He added the related proverb, "all that glitters is not gold." His message was that I needed to look beyond appearances. That was similar to two themes from that first book - imagining adventures beyond what was immediately seen and faithfully pursuing your visions in the face of discouragement from "realists." These three interlocking themes continue in my life 61 years later. Recently I purchased a copy of "McElligot's Pool" and read it to my adult son who then read it to my father. Highly recommended.
 dont buy from A-1 books October 16, 2009
Brian C. Warren
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased the book from amazon on the 3rd of September. Its now the 14th of october, still no book. On the 12th I sent a complaint to A-1, they issued a refund, end of story. no attempt to line me up with the another book. Thanks for nothing.
Excellent Quality November 29, 2008
my**baby**love (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quality hard cover book, absolutely the best Dr Seuss story of all time, IMPOSSIBLE to get in Australia. Order this book, it is truly the best thing you will ever do for your child, full of wonderful pictures.
Classic Dr. Suess July 31, 2008
M. Susan Murphey (Northern California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a classic Dr. Suess book from my childhood. I have read it over and over again to my kids, and now I am reading it to my grandchildren. This book ranks right up there with The Cat in the Hat for entertainment value, for some reason it was a Dr. Suess book that wasn't as well known. Thank goodness my grandmother was a librarian and sent it to me for my 5th birthday. Your kids will LOVE this book, and adults actually enjoy reading it, too!
Wonderful Story I had somehow missed May 16, 2008
Weekend Handyman (Franklin, TN United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought I knew all the Dr. Seuss books, but this one came to my attention recently and I had never heard of it before. I bought it immediately in order to read it to my youngest daughter before she outgrows children's books. She loved the story and I had one more wonderful message to give her from Dr. Seuss, "Keep thinking of all the wonderful things that are possible!"
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