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| If I Ran the Zoo (Classic Seuss) | 
| Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 139481
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0394800818
EAN: 9780394800813
ASIN: 0394800818
Publication Date: October 12, 1950
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Condition: Well-worn copy. Book is ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text
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 A Corporate Fable May 29, 2008
Gerald is a young employee who works at the zoo. Although he's pretty satisfied with the zoo, he dreams of what he would do if he ran the place. I think most of us have asked this question at least once. Gerald's answer is to open each cage, unlock every pen, let the animals go, and start over again. Works for me!
I love how Gerald lets his imagination run, soaring to ever-expanding heights of outrageous one-upmanship. Ultimately, he comes back down to earth, landing exactly where he began, in his own "pen" at the zoo.
I often look around me and wonder what I would do, if I ran the zoo!
 Meh -- not our favorite March 7, 2008
This was a library book we brought home, and we did read through it twice. But it just wasn't our favorite. For one thing, I had to keep substituting "Amazing" for "Gol-darnedest" in the text -- the text's exclamations of wonder were ... a little too close to blasphemy for this Mommy.
Also, it ran a little long.
But it is fun to read it out loud, and the faster the better!
Dated January 28, 2008
The racist elements of the book are certainly not out of the ordinary for 1950. (And they're much milder than in Seuss's cartoons of the 1940s.) However, I think many parents, and not just "stuffed shirts", will prefer not to invite their children to laugh, for example, at the idea of people with "eyes that slant." (The phrase is given strong emphasis -- "slant" is a rhyme word.) Obviously, I'm going to discuss such things with my daughter when she's old enough, and teach her to assess them for herself when she reads. But now she's only three, and I prefer to pass on to another book.
Great for adults, too! November 29, 2007
Purchased this book for a grandchild. I can only hope that whichever parent reads this to the child, they have as much fun as I did reading it to MY child. It IS fun--snuggle with your little one and start reading. Soon you will be both laughing. I believe the word "nerd" originated in this book.
Good Not Great September 11, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very good with the exception of one thing. The book has at least one euphemism with God's name. I try to teach my children not to use God's name in vain, even when done euphemistically. Abstain from the appearance of evil. I generally admire Seuss books greatly but was a bit disappointed in this.
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