Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (1966, Hardcover)

My two oldest daughters had a Christmas morning tradition at their grandparent's house every year of reading this touching and amusing story of how the love and devotion of a "mom" to be will carry "her" through some very trying times to get the baby "she" cherishes so much .

I have actually had this book in my own daycare for only about a year, and the older kids love to read it when they can sit down and enjoy it with no interruptions from a younger child.

Horton works very hard through rain and shine to hatch an egg he promised to care for. He didn't quite realize the long hours and hard work it would end up being, but he follows through with his promise until the very end.

This book has a bit lengthy story line to it, so it's excellent for children with a longer attention span, at least 3-5 minutes. The cartoon type illustrations are quite catchy, and much of the text is rhythmical. Since some is quite repetitive, the kids know what to say about Horton numerous times by the end of the book.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who works with older children or those with a longer attention span.

Thank you for taking the time to read my review, and I hope it's helpful in your decision whether this book is right for you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. skywalker_track

This is one of the few Dr. Seuss books that I really REALLY love. It is humorous and tells a real story that you can follow without being distracted by all the rhyming. Yes, it rhymes (brilliantly) but the story line is easily followed. It is extremely clever and promotes many wonderful morals (keeping your word, patience, etc) In my opinion it is one of his best works!! It is one of my favorite children's books. Everyone should enjoy this tale - it should be part of every child's library!!!

I would not recommend this book to any parent who's child came to them through adoption (like our 3 did). This book sends bad messages about the first (birth) parents of a child who was adopted. It sends the message that the first parents just didn't feel like taking care of them and wandered off, sticking some stranger with their care. This book sends the message that the first parents are bad and in a childs mind they must be bad, too. The ending displays that children who were adopted need to be like the family that adopted them. One of the things we love about our children is their uniqueness.

This is another great lesson from Dr. Suess. Keeping your promise no matter what happens to you.

We love books at our house, but cannot afford to buy them at retail. We usually start at the library and find books that we like. Then we go to Ebay to try and find a nice used copy for our home library. Most books on Ebay are a million times better than the very worn and battered copies at our library.

Our four year old first got Horton Hears a Who. We liked it so much that we looked for the other Horton book, Horton Hatches an Egg. He liked it just as much. It was a good life lesson of keeping promises. Last year he wouldn't have understood when he was three. Four is a perfect age for introducing it. I highly recommend this book.

I bought Horton Hatches the Egg because I loved it so much when I was a kid, I wanted to share it with my 8 year old daughter -- and she loves it too!! I highly recommend this book!!

I purchased this book for my soon-to-be-born grandson. I read it to my children repeatedly and I've read it dozens of times to my 3 grandchildren. This particular copy is a "knock-off", I believe. The cost, including shipping, was about 1/4 the cost of the previous editions I purchased for my older grandchildren (They each have their own copy of the "Horton" books!), but I compared the pages of this edition to our other editions and they are exactly the same. The cover is a different color green and the book is somewhat smaller in size. Grant, my future grandson, won't know the difference or care...as long as the story is as enchanting! So, I think I got a great buy!

I would like to say that this was they best thing I have won on EBAY. I am very pleased with the fast response. I won in one day and then 4 days later it is at my house! Thanks for taking such great care of the books, they look brand new. This will make a wonderful collection to add to my school library! My children always love to hear Dr. Seuss anytime of the day! I would love to order more from you.

I love all of Dr. Suess stories. This one was originally written in 1940. It has all the whimsical drawings that the newer ones have only these are more like skethces and less color. I love it. Its a fun and old fashion book for children. (But I believe they were all written for grown ups as well!) I decided to buy this copy because of the excellant shape it's in. Very little writing on inside cover, example, childs name. It is almost impossible to find a book of this age with absolutely no writing in it. Not a single page is written on or torn or even folded. I'm a proud owner!!

The story of "Horton" and "Mayzie, the lazy bird" had been a childhood memory to me until we ordered this book, along with many others in the Dr. Seuss catalog, for our toddler-age granddaughters. I also had vivid memories of the original Warner Brothers cartoon version, which, except for some hilarious embellishments and pop-culture movie star references of that time, was pretty faithful to the story. We read the story to our 3 year old granddaughters, who became instantly enthralled with it. They loved the drawings, and as I read the story to them, grandpop did the refrain, "I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant faithful 100 per cent!" The meaning of Horton being the good parent and deserving of the baby was not lost on the little ones. Since their mom and dad were in the process of adopting a baby brother, the story had even more meaning for them than most youngsters. The illustration of Horton sitting on the egg while covered with ice and snow is their favorite and one of the girls will get the book out just to gaze lovingly at Horton, suffering for the sake of keeping his promise. Get this book and read it to your little ones. They will grow up loving it now as much as we baby boomers did when we were their age.
And, for extra laughs, the original cartoon is available on YouTube!

All the Dr. Suess books are wonderful for children. Buy with confidence as the brand has a good and lasting record for engendering all things good in children.

I love the story in this classic book. I read it for my 3 children and now I want to read it to my grandchildren.

The book arrived promptly and was in "like new" condition. I was very satisfied with this seller. My grandson and granddaughter were delighted with their "new" book.

Processed my order quickly.

I bought 4 books and only expected to get 1 free book since the deal was buy 3, get 1 free, but instead, they gave me 2 free books. What a pleasant surprise.

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I love this book! It is an analogy to my life. My friend suggested it, telling me that is my life. She was right. It's a good life lesson. It's about being loyal, almost to a fault. There will never be another Dr. Seuss.

This is my husband's favorite book to read to our son. It has fun pictures, animals, and the classic Dr. Seuss rhyme that so many people love. Our son is not his biological son and the story is great for anyone in this situation or for adopted children. However, it's also great for teaching lessons about faithfulness and dedication. I highly recommend this book. I read it before, and enjoyed it, but after having my son it unexpectedly had even more meaning and brought tears to my eyes when I realized that there was a layer of depth behind the fun story.

This is my favorite Dr. Seuss book of all time. It's definitely a classic to be read again and again. I used to be a first grade teacher's aide and I read this book to the students frequently and they never grew tired of hearing how Horton was determined to stay on the lazy bird's egg no matter what obstacles came his way. And in the end, his determination paid off because what hatched from the egg had an amazing resemblence to him. This book is sure to brighten any child's day and adults love it too! There is a valuable lesson to be learned from this book. Just read between the lines and you'll figure it out!

What a classic. I love the language and so does my 16 month old little girl. A great lesson in perserverance