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Please Try to Remember the First of Octember

No. of pages 48

Published: 1999

Great for age 3-8 years

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If you want a green kangaroo, a skateboard TV or a Jeep-a-Fly kite just wait till the first of Octember. This delightful exercise in wish-fulfilment introduces children to the months of the year and the idea that they may not always get what they want! This title belongs to the highly acclaimed Beginner Book series developed by Dr. Seuss, in which the essential ingredients of rhyme, rhythm and repetition are combined with zany artwork and off-the-wall humour to create a range of books that will encourage even the most reluctant child to learn to read. Originally published under the pseudonym of Theo. LeSieg, Please Try to Remember the First of Octember is being relaunched with a stylish new cover design which reveals, for the first time, the true identity of the author Dr. Seuss himself!

This book features in the following series: Beginner Books,, I Can Read It All By Myself .

There are 48 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers .

DR. SEUSS is quite simply one of the most beloved children's book authors in the world.

Words As Concepts in literature
Imagination And Play in literature
Learning Concepts in literature

This book is in the following series:

Beginner Books,

I Can Read It All by Myself

Praise for Dr. Seuss:

"[Dr. Seuss] has...instilled a lifelong love of books, learning and reading [in children]" The Telegraph

"Dr. Seuss ignites a child's imagination with his mischievous characters and zany verses" The Express

"The magic of Dr. Seuss, with his hilarious rhymes, belongs on the family bookshelf" Sunday Times Magazine

"The author... has filled many a childhood with unforgettable characters, stunning illustrations, and of course, glorious rhyme" The Guardian

Praise for And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street:

"The cleverest book I have met with for many years. The swing and merriment of the pictures and the natural truthful simplicity of the untruthfulness."

Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit