Book: Butter Battle Book
Basic Information : Characters : Expectations : Thoughts : Evaluation : References
Basic Information:
Author: Theodor Giesel (Dr Seuss)
Edition: ePub on Libby from
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0394865804 (ISBN13: 9780394865805)
Start Date: March 12, 2021
Read Date: March 12, 2021
56 pages
Genre: Fiction
Language Warning: None
Rated Overall: 4 out of 5
Cast of Characters:
- GrandFather-Yook guard
- Son-Yook
- Yooks-butters toast on top
- Zooks-butters toast on the bottom
- VanItch-Zook
- Chief Yookeroo-Yook who was the father’s boss
- Daniel-a dog and weapon carrier
- Recommendation: Sherri
- When: early March
- Date Became Aware of Book: early March
- How come do I want to read this book: Curiosity
- What do I think I will get out of it?
Thoughts:
Tells a story of a grandfather and a child living in a place which divides two different types of people: those who butter their bread on top and those on the bottom. From there it turns deadly as each side builds their weapons to show the other is right.
Evaluation:
My wife wanted to read this book. So with all of the controversy going around about some of Theodor Giesel’s books and appropriateness and canceling, I thought I might as well.
Dr Seuss is not noted for his great artistic works, nor for writing of timeless prose. But more for taking things we should know in kindergarten and putting them in fun and easy language. In Butter Battle Book he takes on MAD, not the magazine, but mutually assured destruction. He shows us how we cannot build weapons to a place where we can threaten others as they will eventually catch up with us.
Even 65 years later, we can still learn this lesson as super powers change, we still feel vulnerable and try to be the biggest kid on the block.
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