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Horton Hatches the Egg

<p>Horton Hatches the Egg</p>

by Dr Seuss

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Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 3.6

Lexile® measure: 460L

Genre/Theme:

  • Animal Stories
  • Comedy and Humor
  • Rhymes

Topics:

  • Animal Stories
  • Determination and Perseverance

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About This Book

When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg, which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

It's the talk of the jungle when the elephant hatches an egg. Extravagant nonsense and rollicking verse.

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Dr Seuss: Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.    After attending Dartmouth College and ... Read More.


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