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Summary: Horton, My Hero!
Review: "Horton Hears A Who!" has been my favorite Dr. Seuss book since early childhood, and I'm still amazed at how much I enjoyed reading it again at age 40! It's classic Seuss storytelling with outstanding illustrations that young children will love and boys and girls alike will instantly conect with the book's theme, "a person's a person, no matter how small." A wonderful classic no child's library should be without...what the heck, even adults can learn something from kindhearted Horton, buy a copy regardless of your age.
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Summary: Even one little voice can tip the scale
Review: A great book with a lot of positive lessons. Horton, an elephant, is the only animal who can hear sounds of life on a little speck of dust. Other animals think he is crazy and want to destroy the speck. But Horton sticks up for the inhabitants of the little village on the dust speck. He urges them to scream as loud as possible to prove their existence. There are a lot of lessons in the story. It teaches kindness and determination; it teaches to care about others, even if they are as small as creatures on a speck of dust. But for me, the most important lesson is that EVEN ONE LITTLE VOICE CAN TIP THE SCALE! Upon Horton's request, all the inhabitants on the dust speck start crying out as loud as they can. But Horton's friends still cannot hear their little voices. The inhabitants of the dust speck were all screaming together ... all but one. Only when that one little voice was added to the "chorus", animals were finally able to hear them crying out. And so is in our lives: each voice, each good deed, counts, and each good deed can finally tip the scale for good in the world. The book teaches that if you want the world to be a better place, as small as you may be (just one person out of millions?), YOUR "VOICE" COUNTS!!!
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Summary: Seuss's hidden Themes
Review: Every Doctor Seuss book has a theme. Even though these books are for children, they have an adult message. The obvious theme is that every person counts. The adult theme is something I firmly believe in. I am very short, and the book incorporates "Short Power" It teaches kids and adults like about good ways to treat others (especially the short ones).
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Summary: Three Cheers for Horton, that loveable elephant
Review: First he sat on the egg, and no matter what, he wouldn't break his promise. This time Horton is fighting for the little guys in Whoville. While we all know what a great and dependable elephant he is, when he says "a persons a person, no matter how small." all of our hearts swell with pride. As usual Dr Suess' characters are wonderfull, lively, and always manage to sneak some sort of life lesson in there, without beating you over the head with it. This sweet compassionate story of an elephant with a heart of gold will have you cheering once again for Horton. He's a lovable guy, whose body size is only matched by the size of his heart, big.
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Summary: Tremendous historical reference - still pertinent today.
Review: Horton Hears A Who was about much much more than Horton's predicament. Written in the early 1950's, this story reflected a new way of thinking for Dr. Seuss as an individual, and ran contrary to the grain of much of the sentiment in the United States at the time. During the early 1950's the results of the Marshall Plan were still unclear, and Americans, who had just fought a fierce war with Japan and Germany in the decade before, were debating whether or not to continue with our aid, protection and reconstruction programs. The programs were designed to give our defeated foes a chance to rebuild. They were a brave new experiment. An effort to avoid punishing the populous for its bad leadership. Also, for the first time in history, and effort to love your enemy, in the hopes of making them your friend forever. Many Americans viewed the Germans and Japanese with disdain. They were calling for an end to aid for a variety of reasons, most of which are touched upon in the book. Despite his racially charged characterizations of the Japanese *during* the war, Dr. Seuss was coming to terms with the fact that the general populations of Germany and Japan were additional victoms of the war - simply leftover pawns in a terrible game. Seuss wrote this book in an effort to get the word out that, despite differences past and present, we should try to care about one another just the same. You see: "the Whos down in Whoville on top of that little speck are people,regardless of race,creed-or size!" Dr. Seuss was compelled by the helplessness of these devestated nations, and was issuing an appeal for everyone to start looking at nations as a collection of real people, rather than as a monolithic "other".
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Summary: Horton is a winner
Review: Horton is a great book. I love how it stays true to Suess' roots. This is a very fun book to read. Give it a shot.
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Summary: Good old Horton
Review: Horton is faithful 100%,not only to eggs-but to Whos.He realizes that the Whos down in Whoville on top of that little speck are people,regardless of race,creed-or size!The Whos are real people,no matter how small-and everyone saw Horton was right,after all!
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Summary: A children's book that can be read on many levels...
Review: I bought this book for my six year-old this past Christmas. She has recently fallen in love with Dr. Seuss books, and poetry in general. And this book, along with other Seuss books, gives her great joy. We read it together, out loud, enjoying the scan and ryhme of the words and sentences. And on that level, it's one of her favorites. But after we read it, we talk about the concepts behind it, how "a person's a person, no matter how small", and how Horton realizes the inherent dignity in all life, regardless of whether or not it fits into our commonly held conceptions. This book allows me to open up discussions on race, and religion, and the external aspects of persons, and how often we judge people (sometimes unfairly) based on how they look, rather than on their actions. I highly recommend this book for any schoolchild and parent to read together, reveling in the language and fun, and then use as a stepping stone to further discussions about life and personhood.
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Summary: i hear the words of genius story writing
Review: i had a dream one night when i was quite young. i dreamed that i was tiny, and i was afraid i wasn't a "regular person". coincidentally, the next day i read this re-assuring book. that night i had the dream again, but this time, i ran into somebody. guess who? a who. do you know what that who said? that who said, "a person's a person, no matter how small". i haven't had that nightmare in years, although now, i would consider it a beautiful fantasy........
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Summary: FAT ANIMAL IS DUMPED!!!
Review: I loved this book, and I'll tell you why. Horton, an elephant, is faithful 100%. When Daisy Mae, an intellectually-challenged bird, abandons her egg, Horton saves the day, and lays on that egg. And when the egg hatches, lo and behold, therein lies the ELEBIRD. Now then, every Dr. Seuss book has a message. What's the message here? Horton represents every vertically-challenged (fat) man or woman who was mistreated because of his/her obesity. Daisy (the bird)symbolizes women, who are pretty on the outside, but are as sharp as a sack of wet mice. It has been proven that fat people are responsible. That is why Horton takes care of the egg. And what happens down the road? Well, Daisy, that idiotic bird, wants to take care of her egg. Now, she wants the responsibility? What, after leaving the egg to the cold elements, and the rain, and the snow, not to mention possibly being crushed by an elephant. I mean, if you had a child, would you want an elephant sitting! on it??? I don't think so. Well, Horton kicks her to the curb (you go, Horton), and when the bird is hatched, it resembles Horton. Meaning if you bring up your kids correctly, they will retain those good qualities. I liked this book. Look, it's eight bucks. I loved it. It was much better than Cats. And I would see it again and again. This book will change your life. At the very least, it will change the way you feel about elebirds.
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