McElligot's Pool
by Dr Seuss
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394800834
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800837
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Synopsis
In this colorful picture book, a boy named Marco goes fishing in a small pond called McElligot’s Pool. As he sits waiting for a bite, a farmer calls him a fool and says “You’ll never catch fish in McElligot’s Pool!” Marco, however, refuses to be discouraged and spends the rest of the story describing all the fish that could be coming to McElligot’s Pool from the ocean. The story ends with Marco still fishing and the farmer scratching his beard and looking confused. The use of color and illustrations blur the line between fantasy and reality during Marco’s story, creating one of the most interesting aspects of the book. The text is made up of catchy rhymes and intriguing fish descriptions. The pictures complement the text and make the fish descriptions seem real. Interestingly, Seuss illustrates every other page in black and white. At the beginning of the story when Marco sits by the pond, the black and white emphasizes the concrete reality of the Marco talking to the farmer. After page one, every other page is in color. The color magnifies Marco’s fantasy about all of the fish, making them seem beautiful and real. At the same time, the black and white pages make Marco’s fish descriptions seem realistic.
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Details
- Seller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 23030019
- Title
- McElligot's Pool
- Author
- Dr Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition (later reprint)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394800834
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800837
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Children & Young Adult; McElligot's Pool
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult;
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- Book Club Edition
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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