Product Review
Surely among the most lovable of all Dr. Seuss creations, Horton the Elephant represents kindness, trustworthiness, and perseverance all wrapped up, thank goodness, in a comical and even absurd package. Horton hears a cry for help from a speck of dust, and spends much of the book trying to protect the infinitesimal creatures that live on it from the derision and trickery of other animals, who think their elephant friend has gone quite nutty.
Horton, a kind-hearted elephant, is the only inhabitant of the jungle who is capable of hearing the Whos, a microscopic race of beings whose entire civilization exists on a speck of dust. Mocked and abused by those who refuse to believe in the tiny Whos, Horton must ultimately join the Whos in a bold plan to prove the tiny beings' existence, and thus save their civilization from destruction.
This book on a concrete level teaches children to read and increase their vocabulary while learning about kindness; older children can be introduced to the idea that some people are more equal than others and that social justice is very important in this world. This book can be read and re-read over and over again.
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