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I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (Beginner Books) | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Brand: Random House
List Price: $8.99
Buy Used: $0.01
as of 9/7/2010 17:55 PDT details
Seller: super-fly-books
Rating:  23 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.7 x 0.3
MPN: 9780394839127
ISBN: 0394839129
UPC: 038332928266
EAN: 9780394839127
Publication Date: October 12, 1978
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The Cat in the Hat shows Young Cat some wonderful stuff about reading with both eyes open. Author: Dr. SeussAges: 4 and upFormat: 48 pages, Hardcover Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (October 12, 1978)ISBN: 978-0394839127
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 Not even in the same class May 2, 2010
Roast Pork (WV, USA)
Total crap. I had to check whether he had this book ghost-authored and ghost illustrated. No clues yet. Did he do it on a bet to prove Random House would publish absolutely anything?
The writing is not even comparable to his earlier, familiar books. Those books were written in rhyme with nearly flawless meter. The meter is practically absent in the writing of this book. Yes, the lines end in rhymes, but the words are no fun to read at all. The book lacks a plot or unifying theme, unless it is that reading with one's eyes shut causes hat sag and eyebrow disomfort. That just doesn't do it for me.
It looks as if somebody tried to draw in his style but wasn't up to it. Several things depicted in the illustrations and the writing seemed to be picked out of earlier works ("mice on ice/ice on mice", as if the writer and illustrator didn't want to stray too far or come up with anything original for this one (other than the "young cat" character, which is in the lame and tired mould of cartoon "sidekicks" that were always added to 1970s cartoons in the second or third season after the writers used up all their good ideas).
Save yourself a couple of bucks.
Not so hot. April 30, 2010
t. simos (boston)
This book is disappointing, it is hard to pinpoint but somehow this book defeats itself in its attempt to encourage reading. Maybe in the part about red hot eyebrows or later but whatever the case I would read this thoroughly before buying.
 Sadly, not Seuss' best March 4, 2010
Michael Mishey (Dayton, Ohio United States)
When I rediscovered my old trove of children's books and began to read them to my son, I found that Dr. Seuss' works held up the best; many of them, like "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "Yertle the Turtle," and "Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!," are witty and charming enough to entertain an adult.
"I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!" is not a member of this category.
Seuss completely phoned this one in. The art is subpar, the meter -- usually the central feature of a Seuss book -- is inconsistent, and very little of Seuss' trademark mischievous whimsy is present. It's apparent that, regardless of whether he was doing this book for the paycheck or whether his deadline was too demanding, he just didn't invest as much effort into this one as usual. The bulk of "I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!" comes across as a joyless, fumbling retread of "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish," but with a tacked-on "reading is good" subtext.
Still, it's Seuss, and a two-year-old won't know the difference. But parents will, and you can't help but unfavorably compare this book to the rest of Seuss' oeuvre.
 Great book! November 5, 2009
Meroeh Rabieifar
This is a great book. My 5-yr-old loves it! She is reading it pretty well. Dr. Seuss is just so creative. Definitely recommended!
Excellent purchase June 8, 2009
Rita Schickling (Perkasie, Pa USA)
This was a very good purchase. Looking for the book for awhile for my grandson. Thanks
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