If I Ran the Circus - Hardcover

Dr. Seuss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0001953516 ISBN 13: 9780001953512

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1969

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A young boy imagines the fantastic animals and incredible acts he will have for his greatest of all circuses.

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Review:

If I Ran the Circus is a grand rhyming Seussian hymn to every child's grandest and wildest plans. Behind Mr. Sneelock's ramshackle store, there's an empty lot. Little Morris McGurk is convinced that if he could just clear out the rusty cans, the dead tree, and the old cars, he would have no further obstacles to using the lot for the amazing, the world-beating, Circus McGurkus. The more elaborate Morris's dreams about the circus become, the more they depend on sleepy-looking, innocent Mr. Sneelock, who stands outside his ramshackle store sucking on a pipe, oblivious to the fate that awaits him in the depths of Morris's imagination. He doesn't yet know that he'll have to dispense 500 gallons of lemonade, be lassoed by a Wily Walloo, wrestle a Grizzly-Ghastly, and ski down a slope dotted with giant cacti. But if his performance is up to McGurkian expectations, then "why, ladies and gentlemen, youngsters and oldsters, your heads will quite likely spin right off your shouldsters!" Welcome to the big top. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr

From the Back Cover:

A Chunky Book® with an added surprise--a punch-out piece to play with.

Everyone loves Dr. Seuss! A true original, he wrote and illustrated over 50 classic children's books with total sales of more than 100 million copies. For children of all ages.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0001953516
• ISBN 13: 9780001953512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Dr. Seuss