Author: Dr. Seuss
Genre: Animals / School / Rhyming / Lost Stories
Year Published: 2014
Year Read: 2014
Series: Horton the Elephant #3
Publisher: Random House
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Who would have believed that I would find some stories
written by Dr. Seuss that were actually lost for many decades? I was quite surprised when I picked up the
latest book by Dr. Seuss called “Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost
Stories” and read the stories that have not been published for decades and I
was always wondering when I read this book about why these stories were never
published in the first place.
In this short collection of lost stories by Dr. Seuss, there
are a total of four stories including an introduction about how these stories
came to be by Charles D. Cohen.
Horton and the
Kwuggerbug
In this story, Horton meets up with a small bug called the
Kwuggerbug and the Kwuggerbug tells Horton of a Beezlenut tree where the
sweetest Beezlenuts grow and said that he could lead him to the tree if Horton
carries him there. However, Horton will
soon realize that the Kwuggerbug is not as innocent as he seems!
Marco Comes Late
When Miss Block asks Marco about why he was late to school,
Marco then weaves a tale about how a bird ends up laying an egg on his head and
how he meets up with two worms and two large cats who argue with each other about
whether or not Marco should keep the bird on his head.
How Officer Pat
Saved the Whole Town
When Officer Pat notices a small gnat flying around Thomas
the cat, he then realizes that the gnat could cause so much trouble on Mulberry
Street if it bites the cat and causes a catastrophic chain reaction that could
destroy the town!
The Hoobub and the
Grinch
The story starts out with the Grinch (no, not that Grinch)
trying to sell a piece of green string to the Hoobub and telling him how the
green string is much more useful than the sun.
I have to wonder about how come these stories were never
published when they originally came out during the 1950s (even though the
introduction by Charles D. Cohen
explained why these stories were lost in the first place) as I found these
stories to be just as entertaining as Dr.
Seuss’ mainstream works. Dr. Seuss has once again woven an
extremely creative and hilarious set of stories that will be memorable for both
children and fans of Dr. Seuss in
general and I really enjoyed the creative rhyming being woven into this book as
they gleefully tell the stories in a humorous way. Probably my most favorite story out of this
collection was “Horton and the
Kwuggerbug” since I am a huge fan of Horton in general and the story about
Horton being taken advantage of by a small bug really speaks out to me! Dr.
Seuss’ artwork is as usual creative to look at as the characters have
exaggerated features that really bring out the hilarious activities that they
get involved in.
Overall, “Horton and
the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories” is a fantastic collection of the lost
stories of Dr. Seuss that anyone who
is a huge fan of Dr. Seuss will
easily enjoy! I would recommend this
book to children ages four and up since the stories are enjoyable for small
children!
nice review
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