Horton Hears A Who! Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Horton is back! After his first appearance in Horton Hatches the Egg, everyone’s favorite elephant returns in this timeless, moving, and comical classic in which we discover that “a person’s a person, no matter how small.” Thanks to the irrepressible rhymes and eye-catching illustrations, young readers will learn kindness and perseverance (as well as the importance of a good “Yopp”) from the very determined—and very endearing—Horton the elephant.
Lexile Measure: 490L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 72 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition (August 12, 1954)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394800788
ISBN-13: 978-0394800783
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.4 x 11.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (328 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #3,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #15 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Elephants #20 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Dr. Seuss #96 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Chapter Books & Readers > Beginner Readers
Age Range: 5 - 9 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 4
Horton Hears A Who! is probably my very favorite book by Dr. Seuss. Many reviewers point out that this is one book by Dr. Seuss that can be read and interpreted on more than one level--and that's quite grand. Children are encouraged to think philosophically about life and people who are not as well off as they may be. For younger children, though, this book still remains an interesting read on a more concrete, literal level; both groups of children are bound to benefit from reading this book. In addition, this book will also introduce vocabulary to young children and help them perfect their reading skills. Great!The action starts when a rather kind and sensitive elephant named Horton is taking a bath in the jungle where he lives. Soon he hears a faint sound and he discovers the sound comes from a tiny group of people living on nothing much wider than a dust puff or (at most) a clover. They tell Horton that they need his help to protect themselves. When the kangaroo and the other creatures of the jungle find out that Horton thinks he's communicating with a dust puff, they ridicule him and refuse to even consider the possibility that Horton could be right. They eventually enlist the eagle to get rid of the dust puff.Of course, from here the plot could go anywhere. Will Horton find the dust puff and be able to help the people of this tiny civilization get a better quality of life for themselves? Will the eagle throw the dust puff so far away that Horton can never find it again? Read the book and find out!The illustrations are terrific and the prose is very well written with a lot of rhyming so typical of a Dr. Seuss book.
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