书籍 The Lorax的封面

The Lorax

Dr. Seuss

出版时间

1971-08-11

ISBN

9780394823379

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment. In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.

The now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.") As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. (Ages 4 to 8)

用户评论
“Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends may come back.”
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not.
第二本Seuss的书,可能适合3,4岁左右的孩子吧。这种风格真是太有趣了,大人都读得入神。原来UCSD著名的标志性建筑Geisel Library就是为纪念他和他妻子而建。之前观看纪录片“无处为家(Nowhere To Call Home)”放映的房间叫Seuss Room。万万没想到世界是如此联系起来。
非常好的童话绘本>.<
童年绘画书天花板!!很爱很爱!
It's important to protect the environment.
支持环保,以后的书尽量都看电子的。
非常悲伤的故事 长叹一口气 unless...