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Description

Illus. in full color. "The big, colorful pictures and the fun images, word plays and rhymes make this an amusing exposition of the ecology crisis."-- School Library Journal.

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Summary

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss shows the impact of industrialization on humanity, The Lorax also relates the environmental results of factory emissions and exploitation of natural resources. Dr. Seuss explains in this book that when land is so harshly exploited so that it is no longer sustainable to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows... is the Street of the Lifted Lorax.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel (Author)
 

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