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What Pet Should I Get? and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

by Dr. SEUSS
1 CD. 30 min. Listening Library. 2015. $9.99. ISBN 9780147522122. digital download.
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PreS-Gr 3—In this new Dr. Seuss book, two children are caught in a conundrum. What pet should they get? How can they choose? What Pet Should I Get?? is classic Seuss. It is narrated by Rainn Wilson, who somehow fails to fully capture that flowing Seuss rhythm but reads with good heart and clarity. Perhaps the most interesting part of this CD, however, is the afterword, which explains the correct way to select pets nowadays, a history of Dr. Seuss's pets, and a lengthy overview of how the manuscript was discovered, edited, and eventually published. One Fish Two Fish, narrated by David Hyde Pierce, is a sheer delight. There are a few added sound effects, but the power is in the narrator, who manages to create a verbal smile in his voice as he reads the classic story.
VERDICT Both stories absolutely must be heard with the books in hand, since Seuss's illustrations are integral to the experience, but the audio version is well worth purchasing.
Reviewed by Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary, Federal Way, WA , Oct 01, 2015

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