12 December 2011

All Aboard the Circus McGurkus! (Dr. Suess, 1984)



Logline:

Part of the Nursery Collection, its an excerpt from "If I Ran a Circus", trimmed down and presented as a train-ful of goofy rhymes and even goofier creatures.

London:

I like the second page in the whole book that says "The Circus McGurkus! Colossal! Stupendous!" I also like the last page that says "Astounding! Fantastic! Terrific! Tremendous!" Especially "Tremendous" because the whale is tremendous. (Trailing off: This is so cool. This is the coolest book in the world. I miss Dr. S.")

Ben:

This one was also exclusive to London and we loved to say the crazy words. I'm especially fond of the hoodwinks.

What it would be like to be in this book:

"If I was the elephant pulling the train," London details, "I would only go halfway." Ben would be the clown in the bathtub, rolling his eyes as he eavesdrops on the next train where someone, in vain, is trying to rhyme "Walloo" and "Lassoo".

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