The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
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The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

Written by Dr. Seuss
Part of the Classic Seuss Book Series
Hardcover
$16.99
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5 - 9
Reading age
72
Page count
73
Words per page
AD590L
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Sep 27, 2011
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It’s the literary equivalent of buried treasure! Seuss scholar/collector Charles D. Cohen has hunted down seven rarely seen stories by Dr. Seuss. Originally published in magazines between 1948 and 1959, they include “The Bear, the Rabbit, and the Zinniga-Zanniga “ (about a rabbit who is saved from a bear with a single eyelash!); “Gustav the Goldfish” (an early, rhymed version of the Beginner Book A Fish Out of Water);  “Tadd and Todd” (a tale passed down via photocopy to generations of twins); “Steak for Supper” (about fantastic creatures who follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner); “The Bippolo Seed” (in which a scheming feline leads an innocent duck to make a bad decision); “The Strange Shirt Spot” (the inspiration for the bathtub-ring scene in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back); and “The Great Henry McBride” (about a boy whose far-flung career fantasies are only bested by those of the real Dr. Seuss himself). In an introduction to the collection, Cohen traces the history of these stories, which demonstrate an intentional and significant change that led to the writing style we associate with Dr. Seuss today.  Cohen also explores these stories’ themes that recur in better-known Seuss stories (like the importance of the imagination, or the perils of greed).  With a color palette that has been enhanced beyond the limitations of the original magazines in which they appeared, this is a collection of stories that no Seuss fan (whether scholar or second-grader) will want to miss!

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780375864353
    Publication Date
    September 27, 2011
    Publisher
    Random House Children's Books
    Page Count
    72
    Words Per Page
    73
    Audience
    Early Reader
    Reading Age
    5 - 9 years
    Lexile® Level
    AD590L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    3.6
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    146336
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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