Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BOOK CLUB EDITION-Undated, copyright 1968 -A TIGHT CLEAN AND UNMARKED COPY- WITH MINOR SHELF WEAR- DAMAGE TO LOWER SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD- " Generations of children have fallen in love with Horton the elephant! I meant what I said And I said what I meant. . . . An elephant's faithful One hundred percent! Horton is kind and trustworthy, but unfortunately, the lazy bird Mayzie takes advantage of his good nature when she leaves Horton to watch her unhatched egg. Told with Dr. Seuss's signature rhymes and trademark illustrations, this is a tale that will be enjoyed over and over, by readers and listeners alike. And don't miss another delightful tale about this beloved pachyderm: Horton Hears a Who! Review: Poor Horton. Dr. Seuss's kindly elephant is persuaded to sit on an egg while its mother, the good-for-nothing bird lazy Maysie, takes a break. Little does Horton know that Maysie is setting off for a permanent vacation in Palm Springs. He waits and waits, never leaving his precarious branch, even through a freezing winter and a spring that's punctuated by the insults of his friends. ("They taunted. They teased him. They yelled 'How Absurd! Old Horton the Elephant thinks he's a bird!'") Further indignities await, but Horton has the patience of Job--from whose story this one clearly derives--and he is rewarded in the end by the surprise birth of. an elephant-bird. Horton Hatches the Egg contains some of Theodor Geisel's most inspired verse and some of his best-ever illustrations, the dated style of which only accentuates their power and charm. A book no childhood should be without. "(Ages 2 to 7) --Richard Farr