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If I Ran The Circus

No. of pages 64

Published: 2019

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In this delightful classic from the one and only Dr. Seuss, Morris McGurk dreams about staging the worlds greatest show! Join Morris McGurk for the worlds greatest show, packed with the most tremendous, stupendous acts ever seen, from the Spotted Atrocious a beast most ferocious to the Drum-Tummied Snumm from the country of Frumm. If only he ran the circus With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UKs top ten favourite childrens authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 600 million books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Seusss bestselling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. If I Ran the Circus belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Classic Seuss, Doctor Seuss, Doctor Seuss Classics, Dr Seuss, Yellow Back Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

There are 64 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 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers .

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

Classic Dr Seuss
Animals in literature
Mythical Creatures in literature
Unicorns in literature
Dragons in literature
Words As Concepts in literature
Imagination And Play in literature
Circus in literature
Learning Concepts in literature
Caldecott Award Winners

This book is in the following series:

Doctor Seuss Classics

Classic Seuss

Dr Seuss

Yellow Back Books

Doctor Seuss

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

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