A Review by Matt Dickinson, our Guest Editor for January 2013 - One delicious book that I remember from my childhood is The Sneetches by Dr Seuss. It is perfect for reading to a five- to eight-year-old and it packs a meaningful message into a hilarious story. Told in rhyme the story features a bunch of bizarre yellow creatures with stars on their bellies and their downtrodden cousins who don’t have the stars.
The snobby ‘star belly sneetches’ take every opportunity to exclude, humiliate and heap derision on their less fortunate neighbours—until a curious character called Sylvester McMonkey McBean comes along with his ‘fix it up machine’. The sly Sylvester convinces the gullible ‘no star’ sneetches to pay him to have stars implanted by his special machine—while charging them handsomely for the pleasure!
Then he convinces the original ‘star bellies’ that the new fashion is to have NO star—and so on and so on until the creatures are broke and he can drive away with a fortune!
It’s a hilarious story and it has a twist at the end which is quite heartwarming.
The Star-Bellied Sneetches have bellies with Stars, but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches have none upon thars! Rivalries rocket when Sylvester McMonkey McBean steps in to prey on their prejudices, but in the end we realise that prejudice is nothing more than a rediculous waste of time. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr.
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The Star-Bellied Sneetches have bellies with Stars, but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches have none upon thars! Rivalries rocket when Sylvester McMonkey McBean steps in to prey on their prejudices, but in the end we realise that prejudice is nothing more than a rediculous waste of time.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Sneetches and Other Stories and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
The Sneetches and Other Stories features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Fiction PSHE Titles, Stories in Verse, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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The Sneetches and Other Stories was written by Dr. Seuss and published by HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Sneetches and Other Stories has 65 pages
Yes it is part of Dr. Seuss - Yellow Back Book series
