Parents' Guide to The Foot Book

Book Dr. Seuss For Beginning Readers 1968
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Common Sense Media Review

By Peter Lewis , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 2+

Dr. Seuss takes a fun walk through land of opposites.

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What's the Story?

Dr. Seuss takes feet on an extended walk through the land of opposites: "Wet foot / Dry foot / Low foot / High foot." Sprouting from a variety of Seussian animals are "Slow feet / Quick feet / Trick feet / Sick feet."

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Kids say ( 5 ):

Teaching through disarmament is a Seuss specialty, and it's on full display in this fun book. First, he disarms his readers with utterly engaging artwork and deep colors, then he slips the lesson across with a dose of humor and a nose for mischief. The words are simple, but they carry an important idea: opposites.

Feet, of course, are a natural for the task, and Seuss exploits them fully and humorously, by color and size and side, by position and type. Feet in action: "Up in the air feet / Over the chair feet." At all hours: "Feet in the morning / Feet at night / Left foot / Left foot / Left foot / Right." Since the foot is also one of those body parts that get taken for granted, kids also tend to take a good, long look at them for the first time.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about feet. Where do want your feet to take you?

  • What's fun about words that rhyme?

  • What other opposites can you think of?

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