The Sneetches: And Other Stories

大好きなドクター・スースです。この本は４つのお話が出てきますが、どれも偏見や見栄の持つ恐ろしさ、愚かさを児童書とは思われないような内容で書かれています。最後はドクター・スースの不思議な世界！子供も大人も絵とストーリーの中に引き込まれていきます。 子供の絵本とだけしか思われずに、ぜひ読んで感じてもらいたい一冊です。

Es soll zwar ein Kinderbuch sein und die Illustrationen begeistern die Kinder auch, allerdings weiß ich nicht so recht, ob kleinere Kinder den Tiefgang bei den Texten überhaupt erfassen und auf ihre Lebenswirklichkeit übertragen können. Für Heranwachsende und Erwachsene sind die Texte nicht nur lustig sondern auch lehrreich und sehr empfehlenswert!

Uno de los libros favoritos del dr. Seuss.

Its a really nice book, with beautiful messages. I loved the vibrant colors it has and the creative illustrations. It has a lot of vocabulary for anyone interested in teaching their kids english in a fun way. It has the story of the Sneetches and three more stories.

The Sneetches and Other Stories is fantastic reading for your child. It's not just that excellent first story in the title, but also three others that range from fun to thoughtful. The Sneetches is about creatures who separate into two groups based on appearance. With the star-bellied Sneetches looking down on the non-star-bellied Sneetches, tension builds...until in walks an entrepreneur who can instantly erase the differences with a "star-on" machine. I've heard reviewers crank about this story being pro-welfare, or liberal propaganda, but the lesson is more about prejudice, and while I won't spoil the story for you, there is a very P.T. Barnum-styled ending that helps the Sneetches realize that snap judgements lead to blinding one to what matters. The story "The Zax" is another blindered example where two creatures hate each other so much they let life pass them by. The rest of the world moves on, while they can't seem to get over their mutual dislike of each other. This story is very short. Then we have "Too Many Daves". Hilarious and silly, this is practically a short two-page poem, all about a mother who made the mistake of naming all of her children Dave. My daughter was always delighted when I read this story because of all the silly words in it. Which brings us to the unsung gem at the end of "The Sneetches and Other Stories": the tale "What Was I Afraid Of?" Dealing with a child's fear of the unknown, this spooky little tale resolves itself sweetly, and I really enjoy the way Dr. Seuss shows a child that perhaps with a bit of determination, one might find that one's fears and anxieties really aren't so bad after all. The fact that the main character is afraid of a pair of green pants is silly enough that a child can instantly grasp that there are reasonable fears...and then there are unreasonable ones. Whatever stories you choose to read, read to your child. You will see a huge difference in their learning, because you took the time to be with them and encouraged them. I loved The Sneetches and Other Stories because its lessons to me are the sorts of things every child should learn about dealing with others and with themselves.