Read Scrambled Eggs Super! (2003)

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Author

Dr. Seuss

Genre

Fiction

Rating

3.26 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

0007169965 (ISBN13: 9780007169962)

Language

English

Publisher

harper collins

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Scrambled Eggs Super! (2003) - Plot & Excerpts

This book is another creative and inventive book into the mind of Dr. Seuss. I honestly tell when he puts his heart into his work because the rhymes are spot on, the illustrations are beautiful and the nonsense of it all is intriguing and helps me lost myself into the world of Dr. Seuss.We are introduced to a boy name Peter T. Hooper (Hooper as in Hula Hoop with an -er) who is bragging to his sister, Liz about the one meal he made one time when his mother was out. He wanted to make scramble eggs but he wanted to make a special type of scramble eggs. So he starts searching for a particular bird and then the madness begins. He simply can't have one or two special eggs so he travels around the world both near and far with special friends to help him find rare eggs. He goes on a rampage with these birds and I got so giddy from reading it. By the end of it he makes the scramble eggs and supposedly they are best scramble eggs he's ever made and eaten.I really enjoyed this book because of the pure imagination of different birds. I love how Dr. Seuss created different birds, giving them unique and peculiar names and at the same time he made them the lines rhyme and it was easy to read and understand. I am shocked that this book hasn't gotten much attention as his other famous works because I believe any child would love this book especially it dealing with birds and food.

I don't remember ever reading this one when I was young. I find that I don't enjoy the Dr. Seuss books I read first as an adult nearly as much as the ones I read first as a child. But still, this is a fun book to read with the trademark Seuss rhymes and wacky creatures.Random thoughts:How funny that this has a Beagle-Beaked-Bald-Headed Grinch! Is that a relative of the Grinch we all know and love?I agree with those who say it is somewhat disturbing that the boy is stealing eggs from all kinds of exotic birds - even if they are birds made up by Dr. Seuss. How many eggs does one boy need?I wouldn't suggest trying out his recipes for scrambled eggs. They sound horrible! I don't want to eat something with a pound of horseradish sauce.Be warned - when people say "I don't like to brag" what they are really saying is "I love to brag and will do it at length if you sit here and listen." :)The phrase "Scrambled eggs Super-dee-Dooper-dee-Booper" is such fun to say! The next time I scramble eggs, that's what I'm going to call them. Only my scrambled eggs are always made from the eggs of plain common hens.

What do You think about Scrambled Eggs Super! (2003)?

Dr Seuss was among the only 'children's' books I read as a child (we had sound recordings of some of them, read by Edward Everett Hale. if I recall correctly--no, sorry, it's Edward Everett HORTON--you know, the Fractured Fairy Tales guy).I know that I read this book before I really understood the consequences of stealing eggs from rare and endangered birds. I didn't begin to realize the consequences until I realized that some emus at a botanical garden had been robbed of their eggs, and didn't know it because objects about the same size and color had been substituted.I don't object to eggs of common birds other than chickens being used for scrambled eggs (though some of them might not scramble very well). But the rarer birds should be free to nest undisturbed, unless it's necessary to incubate the eggs to insure they hatch properly.)
—Valerie