You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children |  | Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 7338
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0394551907
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780394551906
ASIN: 0394551907
Publication Date: February 12, 1986
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Amazon.com Review
Subtitled A Book for Obsolete Children, this unusual item in the Seuss canon doesn't really belong among the children's books. Written to celebrate the nonsense master's 82nd birthday, it follows "you" (an elderly gent in a suit and white moustache) through a physical check-up in some fiendish geriatric clinic. You are measured, prodded, and subjected to all the medical indignities familiar and unfamiliar to the elderly. "You must see Dr. Pollen, our Allergy Whiz, who knows every sniffle and itch that there is... He will check your reactions to thumbtacks and glue, catcher's mitts, leaf mould, and cardigans too. Nasturtiums and marble cake, white and blue chalks, anthracite coal and the feathers of hawks." It's clear that the process is going to be long, but much shorter than the bill. The blurb on the back says it all: "Is this a children's book? Well... not immediately. You buy a copy for your child now and you give it to him on his 70th birthday." Actually, it would make an amusing gift for anyone over 40. --Richard Farr
Product Description
Dr. Seuss lightens the aches and pains of growing old with his inimitable wit and wisdom. In this new defense against aging, we follow our hapless hero through his checkup with the experts at the Golden Years Clinic.
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Dr. Suess, Your only old Once! June 1, 2009
Tonya L. Williams
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very please with the book it self as well as the speed in which I received the book. Thank you.
Dr Seuss for Seniors May 4, 2009
A. Buerer (Boca Raton, FL, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A jolly, fun book giving a jovial twist to the all-too-familiar routines of senior citizens and their interactions with the medical establishment,in the inimitable style of Dr Seuss.
 true to a fault December 28, 2008
B. T. Campbell (LV, NV, USA)
First, you've just got to love Dr. Seuss.
Second, you must be able to see the truth in this and laugh.
Third, keep laughing, because if you don't, you may cry.
"How did I get this old?!" (not that I'm complaining) (much)
This should be required reading in medical schools.
A Fun Book for Adults November 8, 2008
Dottie A. Randazzo (Pennsylvania, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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hospital gift-better than flowers October 9, 2008
Elizabeth Salvucci
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What do you get a friend/relative going into the hospital? Well, this book is ideal and much better than flowers. It will make them laugh.
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