NPR is reporting that a new Dr. Seuss book will be available in the fall.
I’m so excited! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Dr. Seuss.
I have every book he’s ever written (venerated on the top shelf of one of my many, many, bookcases) but apparently not every story.
But you can bet I will by this fall!
These seven collected tales were printed in magazines in the 50s, and never collected into any volume. According to the article, some of them have not been in circulation in over 60 years.
How cool is that?
I have other favorites from childhood, including Milne and Nesbit (and Heinlein and Asimov, but they hardly qualify – even if I was reading them all together).
So: if you could have a “collected works” of any one childhood author on your top shelf, who would it be?
Thornton W. Burgess was my favorite through many re-readings over time. His Mother West Wind stories managed to capture my imagination (without straining my brain). I have a number of his books not-so-venerated in a cardboard box in the basement.
Thanks, Kelly, for launching this little trip down memory lane.
Hi Gary! Thanks for stopping by.
I’d never heard of Burgess, so I looked him up. Do you know there’s a Burgess Society online? His books look like a lot of fun, too. Even better: they’re available from Project Gutenberg! Here’s a link to all Burgess’s books available at Gutenberg.
I’m going download Mother West Wind right now….
Thanks, Gary!