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Also by Dr. Seuss:

What Pet Should I Get?, August 2015
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Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories, September 2014
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Green Eggs And Ham, August 2013
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The Cat In The Hat, March 2013
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The Lorax Pop-Up!, January 2012
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The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories, October 2011
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Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook, November 2006
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Your Favorite Seuss, October 2004
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!, January 1990
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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, August 1989
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, October 1980
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Horton Hears A Who!, August 1970
Hardcover

THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER LOST STORIES
By: Dr. Seuss

Random House Books for Young Readers
October 2011
On Sale: September 27, 2011
72 pages
ISBN: 0375864350
EAN: 9780375864353
Hardcover
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Childrens

It's the literary equivalent of buried treasure! Seuss scholar/collector Charles D. Cohen has hunted down seven rarely seen stories by Dr. Seuss. Originally published in magazines between 1948 and 1959, they include "The Bear, the Rabbit, and the Zinniga-Zanniga " (about a rabbit who is saved from a bear with a single eyelash!); "Gustav the Goldfish" (an early, rhymed version of the Beginner Book A Fish Out of Water); "Tadd and Todd" (a tale passed down via photocopy to generations of twins); "Steak for Supper" (about fantastic creatures who follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner); "The Bippolo Seed" (in which a scheming feline leads an innocent duck to make a bad decision); "The Strange Shirt Spot" (the inspiration for the bathtub-ring scene in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back); and "The Great Henry McBride" (about a boy whose far-flung career fantasies are only bested by those of the real Dr. Seuss himself).

In an introduction to the collection, Cohen traces the history of these stories, which demonstrate an intentional and significant change that led to the writing style we associate with Dr. Seuss today. Cohen also explores these stories' themes that recur in better-known Seuss stories (like the importance of the imagination, or the perils of greed). With a color palette that has been enhanced beyond the limitations of the original magazines in which they appeared, this is a collection of stories that no Seuss fan (whether scholar or second-grader) will want to miss!

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All Things Considered - April 13, 2011