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Summary: Good book ! Better movie!!!
Review: I am 22 years old and I love Dr. Seuss books but I must say The Lorax is my favorite. The movie was great with a lot of toe tapping songs. It has been many many years since I have seen it and I still hum the tunes in my head! A great book by a great author with a great message to everyone. TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH ITS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE!!!!
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Summary: Keran love it!!!
Review: The Lorax is a good book I though it sould get a award.It gives
you a lesson about life!Its not that kind of book that you think its funny.It is a wonderful book to read on your summer break!
I read it 100 TIMES!So read it!
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Summary: Not your typical Dr. Seuss Book
Review: It's not The Cat in the Hat. This Dr. Seuss book has a message. Believe it or not, the first time I was exposed to The Lorax was in my undergraduate Ecology course. It tells a story of greed and excess. It also shows that what we do impacts the environment and other species. The Lorax pops in now and then to remind the greedy Onceler that he is cutting down too many trees, destroying other animals homes, and polluting the air and water to boot. However, his message isn't well received and finally the last tree falls. It is only at the end the the Onceler realizes his mistake, but is powerless to act. It is up to you. "Unless someone like you care a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." It is important to note though that it is all done in typical Dr. Seuss fashion, with rhyming and nonsensical words that makes his work so popular with kids. I would have to agree that this may be the most important Dr. Seuss book ever.
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Summary: An Important Message In A Timeless Tale!
Review: I read this book to my young niece (6 years old) and found that as an adult I enjoyed the presentation of the all-important ecological warning about deforestation and corporate greed as much as she laughed at the funny words. She also easily grasped the eco-message of the delightful rhyming tale. A superb book and well worth reading! While on this subject, I would also like to recommend a new eco-novel, which I came across recently and thoroughly enjoyed. It too presents a most powerful ecological message based on real world facts --- giving much to eco-think about on a global scale --- but with an exciting fairytale-like, nature-loving storyline. There are even some marvelous rhyming heart-warming verses! It's entitled, "ACCUSED BY FACET-EYES" (by C.B. Don) and is presented as a science-fiction. Although it is not a "children's" book, like the famous Lorax, it is the kind of story with a general adult to bright teen/college student "all ages" appeal. After all, even the Lorax must be explained to young kids! There really are not enough such books that present serious environmental issues in an enjoyable lighthearted story format. Must-reads for everyone concerned about our polluted world!
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Summary: ... speak for the trees.
Review: This wonderful children's story, which flows beautifully even as it exposes some of the uglier truths of humanity's myopia, must be on any short list of great books for kids. Environmental ethics are presented in a captivating story, with colorful pictures and clever, evocative words. It's been a favorite of mine for over thirty years. As should be expected, it is full of Dr. Seuss' funest inventionary verbiage. Read it to your kids -- and don't be a Onceler.
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Summary: A wonderful story and insightful commentary
Review: I have no children, but I bought this book many years ago in a Yosemite bookstore on a camping trip and reread it to this day. Dr. Seuss was nothing short of a wizard, and he spun a tale of deforrestation and human encroachment better than any environmentalist could ever hope to write. He even leaves us with a little hope. Our beautiful earth is in great peril from man's wanton ways. Unless...
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Summary: Every child should have this book
Review: This is by far the favorite book of our 5 month old. We love the message. Even adults can learn from the wise Lorax. We need to protect our natural resources. The Lorax show us all how important that is.
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Summary: A timeless story for parent and child
Review: Every once in a long while, a children's book like "The Lorax" comes along and clearly teaches adults how our seemingly complex problems are rather easy to predict and solve. With lyrical prose and splashes of color, "The Lorax" artfully reveals how unsustainable economic policies (i.e., unrestrained greed) can potentially destroy a thriving and resilient environment. Mr. Geisel cleverly conceals ecological and conservation theories in phrases that children and adults can easily understand. You and your child will find yourselves finishing this book, and saying, "ahhh, yes, now I understand: you can't take more than what will grow back." This satisfying result is a sign of what all good science should be; that is, understandable to all who read the text and view the images. Despite our advanced technology and previous experiences with environmental degradation, I hope that you and your children will see that many of us are living the life of the Once-ler, either directly in our careers or indirectly as consumers. As the Once-ler discovered, we are not stewards of but rather participants in our declining environments. But Mr. Geisel dampens his dark images and tone to give the small boy, and hopefully our children, a way to turn back the tide of destruction. Your child will see that if the Once-ler can change, then anyone can change for the better. If that last truffula seed can lead to the growth of a new truffula forest and bring back the Lorax and his friends, then perhaps children and parents can assist with the regrowth and expansion of our own rapidly vanishing forests. In other words, perhaps the Lorax exists as a "truffula seed" in each and every one of us.
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Summary: The Lorax - Still Powerful After 30 Years
Review: Children used to Dr. Seuss' lighthearted, whimsical stories filled with wacky names and places will undoubtedly perceive a vast difference with "The Lorax". It still contains the wacky names, places, and rhymes, so characteristic of Seuss, but with one blatant overtone. This story goes all out to show the devestating consequences of human greed, and what can happen to the environment when humans misuse and take advantage of nature and natural resources.The story begins when a boy comes to the home of a peculair creature called Once-ler. The boy wants to know about something called the Lorax; "what it was", and "why it was there". After paying the Once-ler a small fee, he narrates the story for the boy. The pictures incorperated into the story are also poignant; for, as we see in the beginning, the small town in which the Once-ler lives is very grey and barren. However, as the Once-ler begins his story, the pictures become brighter, more cheerful, and colorful, as we see how the town once looked, long, long ago. There were animals, birds, green grass ... and trees! The Once-ler says, "I came to this glorious place. And I first saw the trees. The Truffula trees". Transfixed by these trees, the Once-ler cuts one down to make a "Thneed". Now, a Thneed is supposed to be a useful thing, which people can find many uses for. Shortly after the first tree is cut down, the Lorax appears. He explains that he talks on behalf of the trees, because the trees cannot talk for themselves. "They have no tongues". The Lorax is very upset at what the Once-ler has done. But the Once-ler ignores him, and continues to cut down the trees to make Thneeds, until all the trees have been cut down. This action, of cutting down the trees, building a factory to make the thneeds, and releasing waste residue into the water is greatly illustrated in the pictures, showing the cause and effect of polluting the environment. Eventually the pictures return to the grey, morbid colors we see in the beginning. The Lorax has had to make all the birds, animals and fish leave the town before they die of hunger and starvation, and before they choke to death on all the smog generated by the Once-ler's factory. As we can clearly see in "The Lorax", Dr. Seuss is making a very defined political statement about how humans have manipulated and destroyed our natural surroundings for their own personal greed. "The Lorax" was written in 1971, in the hayday of environmental activism, and one year after the first Earth Day. Still, Dr. Suess does not make this story into a gloomy one. He gives us hope. The Once-ler tosses down a seed to the boy; the one last remaining Truffula seed. With this one seed, Dr. Seuss tells us the possiblities are endless, and hope is not lost.
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Summary: Not Seuss' best but still GREAT with an EXCELLENT message!
Review: In an imaginary town on the Street of the Lifted Lorax, the main character (a young boy) wanders to the house of the Once-ler to find out about the Lorax. "What was the Lorax?" he asks. After receiving payment, the Once-ler tells the tale of the Lorax to the boy. While traveling many years ago, the Once-ler came to a place full of Truffula Trees and various creatures. He decided to settle down and start a business. The Once-ler chopped down the trees and made Thneeds, unusual articles of clothing with many uses. After the first tree was chopped down, a strange creature, the Lorax, mysteriously appeared to speak on behalf of the trees that did not want to be chopped down. The Once-ler ignored the Lorax and expanded his business until not a single tree remained standing. Without trees, no more Thneeds could be made. The business shut down and the Lorax left without a word. However, the Lorax left one item behind - a pile of rocks with the word "Unless" on it. The Once-ler comes to realize the meaning of the message - "unless people change and take care of the Earth, life will not get better." He gives the boy a seed to plant. With a young audience in mind, Dr. Seuss manages to illustrate the importance of taking action and caring for the environment. The rhythm and unique words keep readers' attention throughout the story. The book empowers children to believe that they can make a difference and improve the quality of life on Earth. What a great message to give younger people!
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