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WHY I BOUGHT THIS BOOK: I bought this book while I was pregnant. I thought it looked like a really cute idea. I already talked to my baby, why not read to her, too?

WHY IT'S DIFFERENT: If you have other Dr. Seuss books then this one is a little different. It does not go into it's own story, instead it is written more like an introduction to the world of Dr. Seuss. It's all in there - from the Grinch of Whoville to Horton the Elephant to the Cat in the Hat. A great collection of characters all summed up in one little book.

WHAT I THOUGHT: I really like this book. I got a kick out of reading it - it brought back memories of all the Dr. Seuss I had read and loved as a child. I absolutely adore the imagination it inspires.

WHY I STILL READ IT: My daughter is now an active toddler instead of the unborn baby she was when I bought this book. I still read it to her because she demands me to. It is the only book that she will stand perfectly still and listen to me read all the way through. She has other books that she drags out for me to read but with all of those she usually wants to flip the pages or she eventually gets down off my lap to do something else halfway through. Not so with Oh, Baby, The Places You'll Go!

IT IS SPECIAL TO ME: I keep this book out of my daughter's reach because I want to have it around for her when she gets older (part of the keepsakes of her childhood). She points to it when she wants me to read it. We have other Dr. Seuss books and even a few movies, but this book is special. I am not sure, I mean there is no science behind this theory, but I think somewhere in her subconcious she remembers me reading it to her in utero and she therefore has a special attatchment to it. So do I, it holds memories for me, too.

THE FUN STUFF: Although I can stumble over pronouncing a word just like anyone else this book is very rhythmic and fun to read, it flows very well as do most other Dr. Seuss books. It is also every bit as silly and entertaining, even for me, as an adult. His wife helped to compile this book after his passing, based on research he was involved with concerning the learning and connections a baby can develop while in utero.

WHY I RECOMMEND IT: Although this book was not directly author by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) it has the same little touches and silly sing-song verses as the ones he penned. I think that it is a very neat little book to have, whether you are going to read it to your unborn baby as a way for him/her to connect to your voice or as creative read that draws your toddler's rapt attention. Have fun and be silly with yourself and your children!

A couple verses:

You will visit great places
no speller can spell
like the country of
Motta-fa-Potta-faPell,
where you'll ride on a
Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill.
(You'd better do it, 'cause no one else will!)



You will sit by the edge
of McElligot's Pool -
where the fish, just like you,
spend their days in a school.

And you'll find that it's fun
when you hop on your pop,
but don't be surprised
when he asks you to STOP!


But whatever you do,
things won't always go right.
You might meet the Grinch
in the dark of the night.
His heart is too small
and his shoes are too tight.
(He's not very friendly
and rarely polite.)