Boners: Seriously Misguided Facts- According to Schoolkids. - Hardcover

Abingdon, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579127401 ISBN 13: 9781579127404

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007

Synopsis

The uproarious 1931 New York Times bestseller is now back in print—beautifully redesigned to showcase the unmistakably brilliant original drawings by Dr. Seuss.

What on earth is a boner? It's an outrageous mistake—and in Boners, the craziest and funniest ones ever made by schoolkids are collected for sheer fun. This brand-new edition of Boners, features the original artwork done by a young Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. It is an exciting glimpse of the early work of an artist who would go on to become one of the greatest and most successful author-illustrators ever.

Dr. Seuss's captivating drawings bring to life the silly and seriously misguided "facts" recited or written by young (and not so young) scholars-in-training. Here are a few of them—and yes, they are all real:

The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.

A vacuum is an empty space where the Pope lives.

Milton wrote Paradise Lost; then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.

A senator is half horse and half man.

Dr. Seuss's whimsical illustrations include depictions of Polonius, the "mythical sausage," and how geometry teaches us "to bisex angels." With Seuss's own spin on these childish errors, they're even more laugh-out-loud funny.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Dr. Seuss, the most beloved children's author of all time, illustrates some of the ridiculous and hilarious mistakes schoolkids have written or said.

Would you believe some of these boners? (Yes, they're all real!)

The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.

Gender shows whether a man is masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Rhubarb is a kind of celery gone bloodshot.

Water is composed of two gins. Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin, Hydrogin is gin and water.

In Christianity a man can only have one wife. This is called Monotony.

The people of India are divided into casts and outcasts.

Dr. Seuss's captivating drawings bring to life the silly and seriously misguided "facts" concocted by young scholars-in-training.

From the Inside Flap

What on earth is a boner? It's an outrageous mistake—and in Boners you'll find hundreds of these hilarious things kids have said or written. In this charming book, based on the classic 1931 best-seller, open to any page and you'll find a laugh-out-loud mistake that's 100 percent real. Accompanying this amusing material are the original drawings by a young Theodor Geisel, a.ka. Dr. Seuss. It's an exciting glimpse of the early work of an artist who would go on to become the best-selling children's author of all time.

Here's a sampling of the fun:

Shakespeare wrote tragedies,
comedies, and errors

Poetry is when every line begins
with a capital letter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1579127401
• ISBN 13: 9781579127404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Seuss Dr.