The Butter Battle Book

Title:

Author:

Dr. Seuss

Format:

eBook

Electronic Format:

HTML

KINDLE

Provider:

Libby

Language:

English

Publication Date:

2013

Subject:

Juvenile Literature

Juvenile Fiction

Description:

The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss's classic cautionary tale, introduces readers to the important lesson of respecting differences. The Yooks and Zooks share a love of buttered bread, but animosity brews between the two groups because they prefer to enjoy the tasty treat differently. The timeless and topical rhyming text is an ideal way to teach young children about the issues of tolerance and respect. Whether in the home or in the classroom, The Butter Battle Book is a must-have for readers of all ages.

ISBN:

9780385379458

Summary

Author Notes

Dr. Seuss , also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, is one of the most beloved children's book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You'll Go! , his iconic characters, stories, and art style have had a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (along with others he wrote but did not illustrate, under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into forty-five languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss's long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

A parable of armaments escalation--from the Snick-Berry Switch to the Big-Boy Boomeroo--whose high-level meaning no child can miss. This anti-nuke message in Seussian terms has one point of difference with such earlier anti-war picturebooks as William Wondriska's The Tomato Patch: it doesn't end in amity, but with the enemy Yooks and Zooks both poised to drop their bombs--and the grandson of the bomb-wielding Yook looking aghast. But, like previous embodiments of the theme, this one reduces the rivalry to a petty, nonsensical difference--the titular Butter Battle. Yooks, that is, spread their bread with the butter side up; Zooks, with the butter side down. (A perverse notion, the pictures demonstrate.) The actual weapons escalation involves some wild Seussian creations and some characteristic manic glee. Says Zook-rep VanItch (note the name): ""My wonderful weapon, the Jigger-Rock Snatchem, will fling 'em right back as quick as we catch 'em./We'll have no more nonsense./We'll take no more gupp/from you Yooks who eat bread with the butter side up!"" But in the aftermath of wide exposure to The Day After and other 1980s arousals, all this seems, however well-intended, a little simplistic, a little out-of-date, even a little out-of-keeping. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.