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And to think that I saw it on Mulberry street
by Seuss
Product Group: Book
Publisher: The Vanguard Press (1937)
ISBN: B0006ANY0W
Hardcover
Edition: 13th
SKU: M132082
Condition: Very Good
Comments: B0006ANY0W 1937 / 1964 BCE free of markings but prior owner name inside. Cover shows minimal wear. Interior evidences only gentlest use, binding is tight, pages clean; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Illus. in full color. As little Marco describes the horse and wagon he saw on Mulberry Street, they are transformed into an elephant and a band wagon with a retinue of police.
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Amazon.com Review
Marco is in a pickle. His father has instructed him to keep his eyes peeled for interesting sights on the way to and from school, but all Marco has seen is a boring old horse and wagon. Imagine if he had something more to report, say, a zebra pulling the wagon. Or better yet, the zebra could be pulling a blue and gold chariot. No, wait! Maybe it should be a reindeer in that harness. Marco's story grows ever more elaborate as he reasons that a reindeer would be happier pulling a sled, then that a really unusual sight would be an elephant with a ruby-bedecked rajah enthroned on top. "Say! That makes a story that no one can beat, / When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street." Time and again, Marco tops himself until he is positively wound up with excitement and bursts into his home to tell his dad what he saw on Mulberry Street. Pulitzer-prize winning Dr. Seuss needs no introduction. His ode to the imagination of a child is as fresh and exquisitely outlandish today as it was when first published in 1937. This is a classic that will never fade with age. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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Customer Reviews
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Gool ol' Mulberry street
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-10-07
A clever expose on tall tales and imagination that will never grow old. The illustrations are charming and I don't think anyone cannot relate to this young boy.
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And to think that I remembered it
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-08-01
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have memories of loving this book. And I do still enjoy it. But perhaps it isn't as appropriate for my son. There are aspects of the book that have not aged well. The authoritarian father who represses the imagination and the 'chinaman eating with sticks' are from another time. I don't feel entirely comfortable reading this book to my son. That said, the wonderful flow of ideas and imagination is still a joy to me. I wish to be walking on Mulberry Street on most days.
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Beginning of a Child's Imagination!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-30
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
By Dr. Seuss
This book is the beginning of a child's imagination. I have one copy of this book that has a copyright of 1937. A well loved classic that has survived the generations, and is still in bookstores.
The boy sees a plain horse and wagon on his way home from school, and by the time he got home, he has turned it into "a story that No One could beat! And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street!"
You and your children will love Mulberry Street.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood,
Author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)
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Imaginative
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-07-13
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book explores the concept of imagination and exaggeration. Nice rhyming flow and silliness that Dr Seuss books are well known for.
Recommend.
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Telling the truth
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-03-08
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book spotlights the line between imagination and deception. An imaginative boy thinks outlandish thoughts and even considers telling them as the truth. Just before I read the last page to my children (ages 5, 3, and 1), I asked them what they thought Marco would tell his father. My children gave sincere thought to the question and one of them decided that he would tell them the imagined story and not the real one. They were delighted with the ending and when asked to tell me three things about the book, they responded that the book was about "telling the truth".
Despite the wholesomeness of the ending, the book is filled with fun that is so typical of Dr. Seuss. It gives a nudge toward thinking outside of the box and making the most of your surroundings. My girls were smiling and intently listening from start to finish.
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