The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) (Classic Seuss)Dr. Seuss
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A cautionary Cold War tale (first told by Dr. Seuss back in 1984), < I> The Butter Battle Book still has a lot to teach about intolerance and how tit-for-tat violence can quickly get out of hand. Explaining the very serious differences between the Zooks and the Yooks, a Zook grandpa tells his grandchild the unspeakable truth: " It's high time that you knew of the terribly horrible thing that Zooks do. In every Zook house and every Zook town < I>every Zook eats his bread with the butter side down!" He then recalls his days with the Zook-Watching Border Patrol, as he gave any Zook who dared come close "a twitch with my tough-tufted prickley Snick-Berry Switch. " But when the Zooks fought back, the switches gave way to Triple-Sling Jiggers, then Jigger-Rock Snatchems-even a Kick-a-Poo Kid that was "loaded with powerful Poo-a-Doo Powder and ants' eggs and bees' legs and dried-fried clam chowder. " With lots of fun and more-than-fair digs at the runaway spending and one-upmanship of U. S. -Soviet days, < I> The Butter Battle Book makes a chuckle-filled read whether you're old enough to get the historical references or not. ( And with all the Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroos still in service, this book's message is far from obsolete. ) ( Ages 4 to 8) < I>-Paul Hughes
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