Your Favorite Seuss

The price was great for the number of stories included. However - it's a larger format, heavy, and not for young children. A shiny, fingerprint magnet dust cover for a children's book is the first sign. I'm disappointed in the direction this collection took with the ordering of the pages and images. The book handles the stories as a "Best of / Archival" with notes and prefaces to the stories but it does not include the simplest of things... an original cover for each story. Almost every two page spread in the original print of the books are squeezed into 1 page. So 4 original pages, become 2 pages. A 54 page book like "If I Ran The Zoo" is crammed into 25 pages. The art definitely suffers here. The full page spreads are rearranged into pieces around long columns of text. It completely loses the flow from the originals. I will be searching for other collections or single books to replace this collection, because as a fan of Dr. Seuss, I feel like I'm missing out with this mess of a book. This book got it wrong both as an archival collection and as a children's book. On the back of the book it says, "Give your favorite child this treasury of Dr. Seuss favorites!" - but I would rather give my favorite child the best versions of Dr. Seuss. Sadly, this is not it.

Yes this book is big, but I love it! I bought it for my preschool class and also for my son and I’m really glad I did! It has some of my favorite books in it. It also has a lot of other information relating to the story itself! It’s definitely worth the money and I’m really glad I bought it.

I will not repeat in detail what some other reviewer have said. In short, this is a great value, but the publication is not true to the originals. There are no cover pages and many pages have been truncated from two into one. The quality of the publication is very good, but if one is looking for the original Seuss, look elsewhere. Six by Seuss would be a good start.

This hardcover, oversized 366 or so paged book contains 13 of Dr. Seuss's stories - in full page color, as they appear in single Seuss storybooks.Stories are: And to Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street; McElligot's pool; If I Ran the Zoo; Horton Hears a Who!; The Cat in the Hat; How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Yertle the Turtle; Happy Birthday to You!; Green Eggs and Ham; The Sneetches; Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book; The Lorax; and Oh, the Places You'll Go!The book also includes essays on Dr. Seuss, quite a few photos of Dr. Seuss, and writings about who Dr. Seuss was.Published in 2004 at a list price of $34.99, this book is durable. It is a treasure, and a book your child can hand down. Simply lovely.

Bought this right before Christmas this year during an Amazon Dr. Seuss sale. Paid just over $11 for this, and it's Ah-mazing! The book is huge, a hair larger than 9.25 x 12 inches and 1.25 inches thick. It's a little larger than what would be comfortable for a lap reading book, as it will definitely take 2 hands to hold while reading it due to the size.There is a dust jacket that is metallic and very pretty.Overall a beautiful book made even better by an amazing sale price!