"Oh, the Places You'll Go!" - A Book of Adventures
Although it's a children's book, it's a must-read for anyone who is about to embark on a journey. This journey can involve travel, studies, a new job or career, a change in marital status, and so on.
The book is about a boy--who symbolizes the reader--who is starting off on a journey to Great Places. He's "off and away!" and can go in any direction he chooses. However, all journeys include perils, as the boy soon discovers.
Are you about to embark on a journey? Read on.
"Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!"
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any
direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you
know what you know.
And YOU are the guy
who'll decide where to go."
"Oh! The Places You'll Go!"
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Amazon Price: $9.88 (as of 06/03/2012)
Dr. Seuss' characteristic drawings carry the text through mazelike streets, over colorful checkerboard landscapes, into muddy blue "slumps," through heady highs when the hero succeeds, and through dark, lonely confrontations with graveyard-like fears in times of solitude.
Who was Dr. Seuss?
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen name Dr. Seuss.
He published over 60 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter.
"Oh! The Places You'll Go" Read Out Loud
Which Streets Will You Go Down?
"You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down a not-so-good street.And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
Oh! The Places You'll Go!"
Blank Journal
Oh! The Places You'll Go!
Oh, The Places You'll Go Blank Journal
Amazon Price: (as of 06/03/2012)
Keep track of your journey and record your memories with this blank journal. Here are the details:
- 6"x 8" perfect bound blank journal
- 200 lined pages with full color endpapers
- Rounded edges with colored edging
Oh! The "Wondrous" Places You'll Go! Travel CardGame
Oh The "Wondrous" Places You'll Go! Travel CardGame
Amazon Price: $5.72 (as of 06/03/2012)
A game for ages 8+, this deck of cards describes 51 wondrous places you can go! Each card features stunning photography, unbelievable facts, surprising history, and brain-twisting trivia about a multitude of amazing destinations.
From famous landmarks to hidden gems, a world of adventure awaits!
Join the High Fliers!
Dr. Seuss explains that as part of your journey you'll soar to high heights, you'll take the lead and pass the whole gang, and wherever you fly you'll be the best of the best.However, sometimes you won't: "I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you."
Although Dr. Seuss is very optimistic about the boy's intelligence and his abilities-after all, he's brainy and footsy-, he cautions the boy that he will make some wrong turns and will sometimes end up in a slump or be left in a lurch.
He adds that being in a slump is not much fun, and un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
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The Waiting Place
Dr. Seuss explains that "The Waiting Place is for people just waiting". Are you stuck in the waiting place?- Waiting for the phone to ring.
- Waiting for the right job listing.
- Waiting for things to calm down a bit.
- Waiting for next year.
- Waiting to get that promotion.
- Waiting for another chance.
- Waiting for your big break.
- Waiting for inspiration to flow.
- Waiting for the economy to pick up again.
Dr. Seuss doesn't explain how to get out of the waiting place, he just indicates that "somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying . . . once more you'll ride high! . . . because you're that kind of a guy!". You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.
The Waiting Place
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And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)
Kid, you'll move mountains!
So be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So get on your way!
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Sep 13, 2010 @ 8:30 am | delete
- Dr. Seuss books are an inspiration for all. He had such insight. Thanks for sharing this wonderful book! :)
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mbgphoto Dec 15, 2009 @ 8:35 am | delete
- I love this book! I have given it for college graduations. I think it is very fitting! 5* and blessed by a SquidAngel
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