The Lorax (edit title)

• Rated 5 stars

“Greatest Seuss book ever written.”

• Rated 4 stars

“ A cute picture book that introduces beginning readers to our environmental problems, like the act of cutting down beatiful trees for our own selfish use. The spokesman for nature is 'The Lorax'...”

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“Awsome story with a great moral. ”

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“funny”

• Rated 4 stars

“"The Lorax" can be read to middle school students to introduce the concepts of environmental destruction and sustainable development. Although it is known as a children's classic, it can be used to remind them about their impact on the environment, and other current issues. Although it seems simplistic, it is actually a complex social commentary. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“Classic children's tale with a moral and fabbbbby illustrations.”

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“On a dank midnight in August, you run through a bleak hillside towards an old lopsided building. Stairs and ladders at odd angles curve up to a landing with a decrepit sign reading, “The ONCE-LER.” If it’s just the right night, and you come bearing “fifteen cents and a nail and the shell of a great-great-great-grandfather snail” (6 Geisel), perhaps you will get lucky. Perhaps he will peek through his shutters, and the Once-ler will tell you a tale.
In a land of colorful trees and fantastical creatures, Dr. Seuss chronicles the plight of the environment through the tale of the Once-ler. A muddy blue sky and a dreary landscape adorn the first page where the story begins.“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” (1 Geisel). However, the land wasn’t always barren, and the wind was not always sour. The grass used to grow thick and green, the air was sweet, and the sky was filled with song birds. This was all before the Once-ler.
Author to over sixty world famous children’s books, Dr. Seuss (whose real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel) is beloved around the world. His pages are filled with wild colors and original, imaginary creatures. Crazy stories delight children and the lucky parents who read them. While Geisel made it a point to not center his works around a moral, he did base many of his works off of political issues at the time.
Personifying the Once-ler as industry, The Lorax shows the ailments concerning industrialized society. After discovering the soft tufts of the Truffula trees, the Once-ler creates a business knitting a concoction he calls a Thneed. As soon as the first tree falls, a tiny, hairy man pops out of the stump. “‘I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues’” (23 Geisel). The Lorax warns not to harm the trees, but the Once-ler, greedy for business, pays no heed. As the Once-ler’s company grows, more and more trees fall, and soon the ecosystem begins to spiral out of control. Animals die and are forced to leave their homes, and pollution ruins the sweet-smelling air and the clear ponds. All the while, the Lorax continues warning the Once-ler, who refuses to listen.
Many can remember reading The Lorax time and time again as a child, wishing they could jump into the colorful world, play under the shade of the Truffula trees, and taste the sweet juices of the Truffula Fruits. They wanted desperately to save the Brown Bar-ba-loots, to give clean water to the Humming-Fish, and to once again hear the song of the Swomee-Swans. Their tiny fists shook with rage as they watched the Once-ler destroy the creatures’ homes, never listening to the wise, cautious words of the Lorax. If given the chance, they would save the animals.
“‘Now that you’re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not’” (58 Geisel).”

• Rated 5 stars

“Dr. Suess' cautionary environmental tale of how greed will one day destroy our natural resources. ”

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“I love how Dr. Seuss was able to explain the concept of how everything in this world is related to another in some way -sometimes in ways you don't expect. He was able to make children understand. When people think "Global Warming," they should think of this book.”

• Rated 4 stars

“this is a good book”