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And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (Classic Seuss) | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Brand: Random House
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $0.69
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Rating:  30 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.1 x 0.3
MPN: 9780394844947
ISBN: 0394844947
EAN: 9780394844947
Publication Date: August 19, 1989
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This is a classic Dr. Seuss book.
Amazon.com Review
Marco is in a pickle. His father has instructed him to keep his eyes peeled for interesting sights on the way to and from school, but all Marco has seen is a boring old horse and wagon. Imagine if he had something more to report, say, a zebra pulling the wagon. Or better yet, the zebra could be pulling a blue and gold chariot. No, wait! Maybe it should be a reindeer in that harness. Marco's story grows ever more elaborate as he reasons that a reindeer would be happier pulling a sled, then that a really unusual sight would be an elephant with a ruby-bedecked rajah enthroned on top. "Say! That makes a story that no one can beat, / When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street." Time and again, Marco tops himself until he is positively wound up with excitement and bursts into his home to tell his dad what he saw on Mulberry Street. Pulitzer-prize winning Dr. Seuss needs no introduction. His ode to the imagination of a child is as fresh and exquisitely outlandish today as it was when first published in 1937. This is a classic that will never fade with age. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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 IN THE BEGINNING..... August 15, 2010
D. Blankenship (The Ozarks)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well just about any hard core fan of Dr. Seuss will have read this work, or at the very least know of it. Even those that are not big-time Seuss lovers will at least have heard of it.
In children's literature we have three authors that are almost universally know. First of course is the unequaled Beatrix Potter, then the Brothers Grimm, and right up there with them is Dr. Seuss. Stop and ask anyone, at random, on the street and the chances are pretty good that they will know who you're talking about.
This work, `Mulberry Street' is Theodor Seuss Geisel's first published book for children. He of course went on to write over 60 others in a long and very, very fruitful career. The first thing that the reader must remember when first reading this work is that it was published in 1937 and as I said, it was his first work. Times were different in1937; different artistic standards, different attitudes. That being said though, the genius of Seuss shines through on every page and frame in this book.
Already, the author has use the odd meter which has become so familiar, the same propensity to draw the strange looking critters and creatures which have become so beloved, and the theme of starting simple and adding to the story as it progresses is quite evident and will be seen through the entire body of his life's work.
A young lad is walking down Mulberry Street and spots a horse and wagon. (Actually, in 1937 this was a very common sight). The boy notes that telling this story of just seeing a broken down wagon just won't to. So being like most little boys our hero starts adding and embellishing. Suddenly the old horse becomes a prancing zebra and then the wagon becomes a Roman chariot being driven by a charioteer. Each page finds our little story teller adding to and modifying his story until the end when we have an entire parade including a police escort, an airplane, brass band, the Mayor and city council and a whole cast of characters included.
In the end, when asked by his father what he saw on his way home from school, reality hits the youth. I loved the ending.
Is this thee best Seuss book? That of course is in the eye and mind of the reader. I personally think not, but on the other hand I have not read a Dr. Seuss book that I did not like. I was able to relate to the young man quite well and as a matter of fact, he and I shared many of the same imaginative characteristics at that age. I suspect that most kids into day's world will be able to relate t to this also.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
Dr. Seuss begins with this one! July 13, 2010
E. M. Morgeson (Orlando, FL)
I bought this one for my grandchildren, who love Dr. Seuss, but did not have this book. I especially wanted them to have it, because I remember it from my childhood, and it is his first one for children! Anyway, it is a big hit with them (ages 2 1/2 and 5) and know they will treasure it in their Dr. Seuss collection.
 I never received this book, so I can't rate it. June 18, 2010
Book Addict
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a gift for my grandchild that never arrived. I found it at a local bookstore of a large chain of bookstores. Amazon sent all the other books I ordered via UPS, but this one was sent USPS because it was a bargain. It was a bargain because I never received it and they reversed my payment. USPS stinks.
Not one of his early readers :) April 13, 2010
Ulyyf (NYC)
This is a classic Seuss book - strange, wild, rhyming. Marco is obliged to tell his father what he saw every day. But all he's seen today is a horse and wagon. (Ah, timeshift. If I saw a horse and wagon on the street it really WOULD be worth talking about!) So he changes a detail or two, and in a one-person version of telephone goes dashing up the stairs to tell his dad all about the BIG BAND and PLANES and ELEPHANTS he saw.
Hilarious :)
I will note that there's a mention of a "Chinese man who eats with sticks". While I don't think that line would make it into any book printed nowadays, I don't think it's actually racist, though if you're concerned you should read this book before you buy it.
Un-delivered! April 2, 2010
Tedditoons
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sorry; can't give an opinion on the book, since i haven't received it. some confusion with my mailing address. i believe it was sent to the wrong address- which i had previously changed with Amazon. Hope it gets to me soon-will advise.
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