Classic Seuss: Bartholomew and the Oobleck

from esproull

King Derwin is bored with the fact that the same 4 things, snow, sunshine, fog, and rain, fall from the sky year after year. One day, against the advice of Bartholomew, the king decides to have his magicians create something new to fall from the sky that will be all his. The magicians work all ni...

from Snukes

I know the point of the book has nothing to do with the Oobleck, and this probably makes me as bad as the king, but I still wish it would actually oobleck on me someday. I always thought the stuff looked like a lot of fun.

from kradish

Classic Seuss. Long, but with an excellent theme of standing up to authority when necessary and doing the right thing. Also, wonderful excuse to make oobleck in science or just for fun.

from bdudgeon

Great story with many different uses in the classroom. You could use it for a lesson on weather, apologizing, kings in midevil times, and being content with what you have. Also you could make some oobleck as a science experiment.

from sabdelaz

A very creative book for little children. This book is about a boy and a King. The boy observes and notices that the King is sick of the four natural weather patterns that come from the sky, the sunshine, rain, fog, and hail. The king summons the sorcerers to bring down the oobleck which brings f...