The Parables of Dr. Seuss

by Short, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780664230470
• ISBN10: 0664230474
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-07
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This breezy and engaging book will delight the Dr. Seuss fan in all of us. Robert Short looks at spirituality in the stories of children's book author and illustrator Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, arguing that Geisel was "a first-class Christian thinker." The book exploresGreen Eggs and Ham,Horton Hears a Who,How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and others.Short writes in the introduction, "When I first became acquainted with his books and was struck by the many parallels I saw between his work and what is said in the Bible and by Christian faith, I considered these similarities to be merely 'happy accidents.' Today I still see these parallels as 'happy,' but I'm now convinced that they are not merely 'accidents.'"

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Use and Abuse of Dr. Seuss
Difficult to Stomach: "My Body and Blood" and Green Eggs and Ham	p. 1
Oh, the Places Christians Will Go!	p. 11
A Cat in the Hat Catechism of Christian Faith: With Verses from the New Testament and Dr. Seuss's Hat-Haloed Cat	p. 21
The Christian Parable of The Lorax	p. 33
Marvin K. Mooney and Christ's Command to Moonkind	p. 41
For All Those Who Have Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew	p. 47
"My Word!" God and Horton Faithfully Hatching the Brand New	p. 57
How Christmas Stole the Grinch's Heart	p. 65
The Good News for You through Horton Hears a Who!	p. 75
The Job of All Christians Is to Always Tell People, Near and Far, Just How Lucky We Are!	p. 83
Bartholomew and the Oobleck or Dr. Seuss and the Church	p. 93
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