Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (Bright & Early Books(R))

by Dr. Seuss and Theo LeSieg

Book Overview

From Alice and Abe to Zeb and Zipper, an alphabetical array of guests turns out for the biggest birthday party ever. But Hooper Humperdink isn't on the guest list Bright and Early Books are perfect... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679881298
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The Silliness of Seuss Plus a Valuable Lesson

Although [advertised] for ages 4-8, my wife and I started reading this and other Seuss books to our children from 6 months on. We started a great habit of reading two or three Seuss books before bed, and the kids loved them. Soon, they would memorize many of the phrases, beginning a lifelong passion for reading. Every kid should experience reading Hooper Humperdink while growing up. Hooper Humperdink..? Not Him! combines the zaniness of other Seuss books with a lesson about excluding others. Around ages 4+, kids begin to divide the world into various segments (i.e. boys and girls). This book helps children learn how hurtful excluding someone for being different can be. Combine this with other fun Seuss books and your kids will sit enthralled as you turn the pages. Highly recommended.

Hooper Humperdink? Not him!

I love this book! When my son was 2 (now 20) he would have us read this book to him, repeatedly! The book belonged to his cousin. Every time we went to their house he ran to get the book and we had to read it. So when he got sick and had to be hospitalized his aunt gave it to him. Over the years the book was lost and now, as a surprise, I am trying to find it for him to keep for his future children. I can still remember his little voice saying "read Hoopy Humpydank"!

Unforgetable-REALLY!

When we were younger, my mother use to read to my older brother, my older sister, and I every night. Although the census was generally divided, my mother could always appease each of us by reading "Hooper Humperdink...Not Him!" It was and still is undoubtedly our favorite book. My brother is now a US Marine. My sister is, as always, excelling in her second year of pharmacy school. I am attending a liberal arts university on scholarship with a major in biochemistry. The three of us still recall the back inside cover of the book, an illustration of a rollercoaster dotted with the letters of the alphabet. The routine after reading the book was to find all the letters of your name the quickest--and to this day we still know how to spell our names! Imagine that! My mother also remembers almost every line to the story. However, she now needs some refreshing and has now ordered a new copy, as we had given away our haggered original long ago to those we deemed worthy.

An excellent book for the whole family

My brothers had this book when they were young. I can still, 20 years later, remember the lines from the book. Anyone who is lucky enough to actually find this book in print should quickly pick it up for any young child in their life.