Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose 苏斯博士：慷慨大方的麋鹿 ISBN9780007175178

　　Thidwick the big-hearted moose is happy his antlers “can be ofsome use” to a menagerie of animals who move in and make themselvesat home. “A host has to put up with all kinds of pests. For a host,above all, must be kind to his guests.”With his unique combinationof hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Suesshas been delighting young children and helping them learn to readfor over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat inthe Hat, and ranked among the UK’s top ten favourite children’sauthors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half abillion books sold worldwide.As part of a major rebrand programme,HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Seuss’s best-selling books. Inresponse to consumer demand, bright new cover designs incorporatemuch-needed guidance on reading levels. The standard paperbacksdivide into three reading strands – Blue Back Books for parents toshare with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers totackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluentreaders to enjoy. This is a Yellow Back book.

　　This classic Seuss title stars a happy-looking quadruped fromthe shores of Lake Winna-Bango who has the most amazing antlers andthe kindest disposition. Alas! Everyone, but everyone, takesadvantage of his generosity, and before long he has three-quartersof the animal kingdom nesting in the convenient perches atop hishead. ("They asked in a fox, who jumped in from the trees, / Theyasked in some mice and they asked in some fleas.") You might thinksomeone would take pity, but nobody seems to like an oddball, andall Thidwick gets for his trouble is complaints and contempt.Unable to cross the lake when winter threatens, he looks all set tostarve--and then things get even worse. He is saved from certaindeath just in time, swims the lake, and joins the herd again. Onereason this Seuss is so good: it has a moral, but the moral isn'tpressed too far and the exuberant linguistic fun isn't subservientto it. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr --This text refers to theHardcover edition.