(3) K-3 This version of Seuss's story about young Daisy's uniqueness (a flower inexplicably sprouts from her head) uses his original script and sketches as the basis for the finished text and full-color art. It is significantly less garish and textually different from the previously published version based on the animated film. An endnote explains the backstory and changes made for this welcome new edition.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(3) K-3 Beginner Books series. Translated by Teresa Mlawer. [=Translated by2]This welcome bilingual edition of Seuss's classic features a translation in Spanish that manages some nimble rhyming while recounting the exploits of the Cat in the Hat. Although the youngest readers may have difficulty with the longer Spanish words, in general the translation succeeds in capturing the swinging silliness of the original English text.

Reviewer: Siena Leslie

(3) 4-6 Dozens of advice nuggets ("Think Before You Speak," "Tell the Truth," etc.) are reinforced with lines and images from Dr. Seuss books (e.g., "A person's a person, no matter how small," from Horton Hears a Who!, illustrates "Never Underestimate the Power of One"). The doctor gives great advice, although this time it's aimed at those older than his typical reader.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 Hang out with Horton and Marco again, return to Mulberry Street, and meet another Grinch in this new book of stories only ever published in Redbook magazine in the 1950s. An illuminating introduction by Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen puts the stories in context for older kids, while the rhyming text and expressive illustrations will delight readers both young and old.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(3) K-3 When young Bartholomew takes his hat off before the king (as is the rule), another hat strangely takes its place. King Derwin is infuriated and sets out to teach "this impudent trickster" a lesson. This anniversary edition of the Seuss classic features "color-enhanced" illustrations. The richer colors add life to the lengthy tale.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2038

(3) K-3 Pop-ups by David A. Carter. This edition, with original text intact, includes stanzas of Seussian rhyme scattered across the eight colorful spreads. Seuss's tall Truffula Trees and the Once-ler's factory are perfectly suited to appear as pop-ups; gatefold panels offer additional pop-ups, pull tabs, and special effects. Carter's choice of spreads and creative placement of Seuss's text and illustrations make this a fine addition to any pop-up bookshelf.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter

(2) K-3 "Everywhere, / Creatures / Have shut off their voices. / They've all gone to bed / In the beds of their choices." In imaginative pictures and rollicking verses, Dr. Seuss describes these creatures and their varied and unconventional choices of beds.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1963

(3) K-3 Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen reintroduces seven Seuss stories originally published in magazines (never before in book form). Youngsters can enter the recognizable Seuss world complete with staccato rhymes and familiar (color-enhanced) illustrations. Here they'll find a trickster, a(nother) feisty feline, and more. Listeners and beginning readers--as well as their caregivers--will appreciate the opportunity to revisit an old beloved friend.

Reviewer: Betty Carter

(3) K-3 This reissued volume includes six books by Dr. Seuss (some written as Theo. LeSieg). The compilation is bookended by the thematically linked Great Day for Up illustrated by Quentin Blake and I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today! illustrated by James Stevenson. Seuss-loving beginning readers will enjoy the accessible, silly rhymes and the bright, cheery illustrations.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Roy McKie. One of Seuss's less memorable early readers, this book poses a series of silly choices: would the reader "rather be a minnow or a whale?...a hammer or a nail?" The story is illustrated with McKie's cheerful, simple cartoons. The only thing changed in this reissue is the author's name (originally published under Theo. LeSieg).

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(3) K-3 This fiftieth-anniversary edition includes thirty-two pages of appended material, including biographical information about author Geisel, critical commentary, sketches, photographs, and Yertle book covers from around the world. Though the extra material likely won't appeal to the picture book audience, the writing is accessible enough so that slightly older readers--and their parents--will be engaged by such observations as Yertle's resemblance to Hitler.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: August, 1958

(4) K-3 Pop-ups by David A. Carter. This edition keeps intact the original text. Unfortunately, to fit it all in, there are several spreads of multiple pop-ups with lots of text squashed onto each one. Dr. Seuss's original art is so over-the-top that to have it come popping out seems like overkill. There's no real harm in this version, but also no compelling reason to own it.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1954

(3) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Roy McKie. A mouse gives a bird a tour of a "People House," naming and trying out each object in his path. As in The Cat in the Hat, adult humans spoil the fun: the house's residents ultimately give mouse and bird the boot. There's no hint of this book's vintage in the ebullient rhymes and cleanly cacophonous illustrations.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) K-3 This fiftieth-anniversary edition includes thirty-two pages of appended material, including biographical information about author Geisel, critical commentary, sketches, photographs, and Grinch book covers from around the world. Though the extra material likely won't appeal to the picture book audience, the writing is accessible enough so that slightly older readers--and their parents--will be interested.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(3) K-3 Bright and Early Book series. Illustrated by Scott Nash. The narrator goes through the alphabet, inviting everyone from Alice to Zipper--but not Hooper Humperdink--to his birthday party. As the party balloons in the narrator's imagination, he has a change of heart and invites Hooper after all. Nash's drawings present Hooper's loneliness without losing the story's lightheartedness.

Reviewer: Amy Lee Bennett

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Art Cumings. "Everyone wants / a big green kangaroo. / Maybe, perhaps, / you would like / to have TWO." On the First of Octember, everyone's most outrageous fantasies will be fulfilled, according to this humorous, lively verse, which Seuss originally published under a pen name. Although Cumings's cartoon-style art seems a bit dated, it playfully illustrates the wacky wishes listed in the easy-to-read text.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(2) K-3 "With some help from Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith." Given an unfinished manuscript (some sketches, snippets of verse, and jottings of names--but no plot) retrieved after Seuss's death, Prelutsky and Smith have brought this fragment to fruition in a style that does credit to all three artists. Grown-ups will enjoy figuring out who's responsible for what here. Kids will simply delight in the outlandish capers. What better honor could be paid to the memory of Dr. Seuss?

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.