What Pet Should I Get? and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-14-752212-2

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. As of 2001, over 6 million copies of the book had been sold, placing it 13th on a list of "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books" from Publishers Weekly. Based on a 2007 online poll, the United States' National Education Association labor union listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."It is a simple rhyming book for beginning readers, with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl named Jay and Kay and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. Interspersed are some surreal and unrelated skits, such as a man named Ned whose feet stick out from his bed, a creature who has a bird in his ear, and one man named Joe who cannot hear the other man's call because of a mouse cutting the …

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. As of 2001, over 6 million copies of the book had been sold, placing it 13th on a list of "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books" from Publishers Weekly. Based on a 2007 online poll, the United States' National Education Association labor union listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."It is a simple rhyming book for beginning readers, with a freewheeling plot about a boy and a girl named Jay and Kay and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. Interspersed are some surreal and unrelated skits, such as a man named Ned whose feet stick out from his bed, a creature who has a bird in his ear, and one man named Joe who cannot hear the other man's call because of a mouse cutting the line.

5 editions

ianreadstokids reviewed One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (Beginner books)

2 stars

It's not even about fish! There are 3 spreads about fish and then it meanders off into a disjointed collection of unrelated pages. Why do we collectively remember this book as about fish when it's not?!

The middle of the book is especially trying as many of the pages seem like filler, populated by fictional beasts who only exist so their names can be rhymed with common words like "bike" or "cans". It's some of Suess' most uninspired work, punctuated only occasionally by more enjoyable vignettes, like the hapless Ned in his undersized bed. Or Clark. Ohhhh, Clark. I could almost forgive all this book's shortcomings for Clark.

Kid verdict (3y - 5y): He likes it. Not as well as some of his preferred Suess books, though. He thinks Clark is creepy (true).

It's not even about fish! There are 3 spreads about fish and then it meanders off into a disjointed collection of unrelated pages. Why do we collectively remember this book as about fish when it's not?!

The middle of the book is especially trying as many of the pages seem like filler, populated by fictional beasts who only exist so their names can be rhymed with common words like "bike" or "cans". It's some of Suess' most uninspired work, punctuated only occasionally by more enjoyable vignettes, like the hapless Ned in his undersized bed. Or Clark. Ohhhh, Clark. I could almost forgive all this book's shortcomings for Clark.

Kid verdict (3y - 5y): He likes it. Not as well as some of his preferred Suess books, though. He thinks Clark is creepy (true).