Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

Title:  The Lorax
Author:  Dr. Seuss
Copyright: 1971

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2nd, (he would be 108 if he wasn't dead) I will review a pile of Easy Readers as well as a few Dr. Seuss classics, and their movie counterparts. 

The Lorax was originally written in 1971 and teaches children a valuable lesson about protecting the environment.  I have always thought that The Lorax was a happy book since it has a happy ending.  Some children however don't like it because the book feels sad.  The book features the Lorax, a magical creature who speaks for the trees, the Once-ler who's greed leads to the destruction of the Truffala trees and forest, and a young boy (in the movie his name is Ted) who wants to know what happened to the trees.  The book is written in typical Seussical fashion using rhymes and a few made up words here and there. 


If you don't know, the movie version of The Lorax came out on March 2nd 2012.  It features Danny DeVito, Zach Efron, Taylor Swift and a few other big name actors.  The movie takes Dr. Seuss' original book and turns it into an hour and a half long feature film.  Judging by the response of the audience members the movie was a bit too long for children under five.  However, the animations are adorable, and the plot remains mostly the same.  Sadly, what the producers removed from the film was the traditional Seuss language.  I didn't notice any rhyming in the movie and it was severely lacking for that.  All in all though, it was a well done movie and I was very happy that it was animated and didn't feature Jim Carey!