Dr Seuss

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?"

Advice in rhyme for proceeding in life; weathering fear, loneliness, and confusion; and being in charge of your actions.

A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

"A child realizes that while houses around the world may be very different, they are all alike when a friend asks you in"--

Gerald, whose communication in the form of clangs, toots, and blasts, distresses his parents and the kids at school.

Three stories in verse: "I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today," "King Looie Katz," and "The Glunk That Got Thunk."