(A-) 81% | Very Good
Notes: A helpless-saving, never-caving, doubting-Thomas tale, where all-for-one is how it's done—the smallest tip the scale.

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Dr Seuss knack of telling a fun important tale in a creative rhyming way just has to be applauded.Horton the Elephant is able to hear the small people that inhabit a small speck of dust.Unfortunately it's only him that can hear the Who's of Whoville and is increasingly frustrated that the other animals in the jungle dont believe him.One of the best parts of this adventure is how small the text is as the residents of Whoville as they communicate to the elephant.Hortons courage to protect them alo...

Horton the elephant tries to help the little Who creatures and their town, Who-ville, that it is located on a speck of dust. He is the only one who can hear them scream for help.

I’ll just have to save him. Because, after all, 
A person’s a person, no matter how small

I hadn't realise that the Who creatures are that small...
My daughter thought that the Grinch should also have appeared in the story!

Me crying while reading this to small-fry??? More likely than you’d think

In the fifties, my Mom was head librarian for our small-town library (politically, we were termed a Police Village, whatever that meant). So we kids got our literacy skills off and running when she used to catalogue books in our kitchen. Especially since City View was in the middle of the postwar Baby Boom - like everywhere else back then - which required her little library to be stocked with piles and piles of kids' books!And we were the first kids in our village of snug postwar bungalows to re...

5 Awesome ★'s “A person's a person, no matter how small.” I absolutely love this book. No matter how many time's I read it throughout the years it's always incredible :) I have read several Dr. Seuss books in my time and this one is another wonderful book that will most definitely be passed down through your family for generations to come. From every picture to every rhyme, everything about it is just perfect. It's colorful and unique. The illustrations are large and lively. It's really fun t...

One of the best Dr. Seuss' stories ever! PRICELESS TALE I’ll just have to save him. Because, after all, A person’s a person, no matter how small, Without a doubt, one of the crowned jewels of Dr. Seuss’ work, presenting one of his strongest messages to the human civilization.Horton, the elephant, appears again (he was introduced to the world in Horton Hatches the Egg), which is one of the most famous characters of Dr. Seuss.Horton hears a Who (as quite adequately indicates the tale’s...

EXCERPT: On the fifteenth of May, in the Jungle of Nool,In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool,He was splashing . . . enjoying the jungle’s great joys . . .When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.ABOUT THIS BOOK: Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust – no one else believes they are there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that ‘A person’s a person, no matter how small’!MY THOUGHTS: Got to love Dr Seuss!Horton can hea...

*****SPOILERS***** I think what Seuss misses here is that the intended moral, about sticking up for people who can't defend themselves, is rendered moot about halfway through in the 'clover patch 100 miles wide' episode. At this point, if he could have set aside the cause he had invested himself in for a moment, Horton would have appreciated that the Whos were in the best possible situation now for them, completely hidden and safe. But his paternalistic impulse to save the weak pushes him on to ...

Told in the usual charming repetitive rhyme of Dr. Seuss so often appreciated by young children. Great message about how everyone is important and everyone can make a difference. Horton is a particularly endearing character, showing kindness and persistence, and risking ridicule and being ostracized and even being the recipient of abuse in order to help others and stand up for what he believes in. And the Whos do their part as well! One of those children’s books that can become more meaningful w...