The Sneetches and other stories
1961
- toleration
- conduct of life
- children's stories, american
- juvenile fiction
- prejudices
- stories in verse
- poetry
- fiction
- short stories
- stories in rhyme
The story
A book of humorous stories in rhyme. The stories are The Sneetches, The Zax, Too Many Daves, and What Was I Scared Of?
What it’s like
Bouncy, rhythmic anapestic verse that reads aloud like a jaunty tune, with Dr. Seuss's loose-limbed ink-and-watercolour drawings of strange creatures on flat, bright fields of white and pastel. The mood is playful and gently sly, a sunny nursery-room warmth with a wink of satire underneath, the kind of book that suits a lazy afternoon read aloud, a bedtime wind-down, or a comfort re-read for adults who still enjoy a good rhyme. Pacing is brisk and bouncy, each short story landing its punchline and moving on, with the rhyme doing most of the work. Emotionally it stays light and warm, with a soft moral streak about prejudice and silly conformity, and the characters are odd little outsiders, stubborn creatures who never quite fit and find their own absurd way forward. Intensity is very low: no violence, no gore, no sexual content, only mild mock-fright in the final tale. Good for parents and young children, and for anyone who wants something gentle, funny and quick.
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