The King's Stilts

Dr. Seuss

Random House, 1939 - Juvenile Fiction - 48 pages

A seventy-five-year-old King gets new vintage cover art for his anniversary!

Celebrate the 75th birthday of Dr. Seuss's classic treatise on the importance of a balanced life with our Anniversary Edition featuring cover art from the books original publication! A Seussian spin on a conventional fairy tale,The King's Stilts is as topical today as when it was first published in 1939. It's the story of a devoted king who works hard and plays hard—and whose entire kingdom is threatened when his beloved stilts are stolen and he is too distraught to do his job. Written in prose instead of rhyme (unlike Seuss's later works), The King's Stilts nevertheless addresses subjects that we know Dr. Seuss was passionate about throughout his life: duty (as inHorton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg); the abuse of power (as inThe 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and Yertle the Turtle); deceit (as inThe Bippolo Seed and How the Grinch Stole Christmas)--and even cats (as inThe Cat in the Hat and I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today)! A perfect way to introduce new readers to an old classic, or to reward existing fans with a collectible new edition. Follow the Good Doctor's advice: After a hard day of work, have fun with a great book like The King's Stilts!

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User Review  - phoibee - LibraryThing

It was my first time to read a prose by Dr. Seuss. I really like the story. The story was about passion and being yourself. It's like the quote "if you go against the will of your heart, it will ...

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User Review  - Sue E. - Overstock.com

This is a wonderful childrens book that teaches the balance between work and play. It stresses the importance of working hard doing a good job and your duty but then also making time to relax and have fun. Life is about balance.

About the author

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL--aka Dr. Seuss--is one of the most beloved children's book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You'll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss's long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot's Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The King's Stilts; Classic Seuss Series
• Author: Dr. Seuss
• Illustrated by: Dr. Seuss
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Random House, 1939
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 31, 2009
• ISBN: 0394800826, 9780394800820
• Length: 48 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Royalty