Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BOOK CLUB EDITION-Undated, copyright 1973 -A TIGHT AND UNMARKED COPY- WITH MINOR SHELF WEAR-" -Booklists 36 books w/"Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?" as the last book listed on the top portion of the rear cover and "The Many Mice of Mr. Brice" as the last book under Beginner books on the rear cover as the bottom portion. Has the first edition points as referenced by Younger & Hirsch -48 pp, glossy yellow-green boards w/red-black lettering w/color illustrated front cover and spine, color illustrated endpapers." Dr. Seuss's irrepressible optimism is front and center in Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? The perfect send-off for grads getting ready to venture off into the world! "When you think things are bad when you feel sour and blue when you start to get mad . . .you should do what I do!" So begins the terrific advice of the wise old man in the Desert of Drize. This classic book provides the perfect antidote for readers of all ages who are feeling a bit down in the dumps. Thanks to Dr. Seuss's trademark rhymes and signature illustrations, readers will, without a doubt, realize just how lucky they truly are. Review: "When I was quite young and quite small for my size, I met an old man in the Desert of Drize." The old man looks like a cross between a cartoon granddad and a swami; he sits on top of a cactus and tells his young listener that the best way to get over any sadness is to imagine all the ways you could be worse off. "Suppose, just suppose, you were poor Herbie Hart, who has taken his Throm-dim-bu-lator apart!" This has a more hurried, formulaic feel than the best Seuss, and it seems to showcase a less acute grasp of child psychology than usual. (Does it really make a child feel better to think of poor Harry Haddow, who, "try as he will, can't make a shadow," or Gucky Gown, "who lives by himself ninety miles out of town"?) But the illustrations alone make this morality tale a minor classic." (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr