Product Description

Some people just won't take the hint when it's time to go to bed, but Marvin K. Mooney eventually gets the message! This fun tale by Dr. Seuss is aimed at young readers and remind them that they sometimes have to do what they are told! The new covers incorporate guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books are for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. This book belongs to the Green Back Book range.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #295188 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

About the Author
Theodor Seuss Geisel -- better known to millions of his fans as Dr. Seuss -- was born the son of a park superintendent in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1904. After studying at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and later at Oxford University in England, he became a magazine humorist and cartoonist, and an advertising man. He soon turned his many talents to writing children's books, and his first book -- And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street -- was published in 1937. His greatest claim to fame was the one and only The Cat in the Hat, published in 1957, the first of a hugely successful range of early learning books.

Customer Reviews

A Fun Way to Learn to Read
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! was one of her picks.

Marvin K. Mooney is an excellent choice of a beginning reader after your child has read about 20 books and is ready for something just a little more challenging. The reason I say that is because there are a number of Dr. Seuss's imaginary creatures and inventions in here, so the illustrations don't totally tell you what the words are. For example, you will see a Ga-Zoom, a Bumble-Boat, a Zumble-Zay, and a Crunk-Car. These are, by the way, the most witty and imaginative illustrations as well.

The fun of the story relates to an impatient adult (displayed by an arm and a hand wearing a watch) who wants Marvin K. Mooney to go. Marvin just listens until the end, when he goes. It isn't clear if Marvin K. Mooney is the child of the hand or the child's friend whose parent wants him to leave. It doesn't really matter. I lean towards the latter explanation. But we all know how adults like to say the whole name of a child to let them know the adult is very serious.

Yet, the book isn't serious at all in any other way. The suggestions for leaving are very funny, and take things that could otherwise be scary and make them humorous (like leaving by taking a ride on a lion's tail).

In typical Dr. Seuss fashion, the story is displayed in a rhyme. Like a good beginning reader, there is a lot of repetition to help the young person. "The time has come. The time is now. Just go. Go. GO! I don't care how." The new sentences usually just replace one or two words. The illustrations encourage the child to keep moving ahead by keeping the mood light as she or he struggles with soon-to-be familiar words. Using the imaginative words is good, too, so that a child can learn to recognize new things.

Obviously, you will want to read this book along with your youngster until he or she gets a command of it. You can start at the beginning, and ask you youngster to read with you as soon as the book is memorized. Then, gradually, you can let your youngster take the lead. If the young person falters a bit, you can provide hints.

Have a great time exploring reading together! What else could you be exploring together that would be fun for both of you?

A Fun Way to Learn to Read
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! was one of her picks.

Marvin K. Mooney is an excellent choice of a beginning reader after your child has read about 20 books and is ready for something just a little more challenging. The reason I say that is because there are a number of Dr. Seuss's imaginary creatures and inventions in here, so the illustrations don't totally tell you what the words are. For example, you will see a Ga-Zoom, a Bumble-Boat, a Zumble-Zay, and a Crunk-Car. These are, by the way, the most witty and imaginative illustrations as well.

The fun of the story relates to an impatient adult (displayed by an arm and a hand wearing a watch) who wants Marvin K. Mooney to go. Marvin just listens until the end, when he goes. It isn't clear if Marvin K. Mooney is the child of the hand or the child's friend whose parent wants him to leave. It doesn't really matter. I lean towards the latter explanation. But we all know how adults like to say the whole name of a child to let them know the adult is very serious.

Yet, the book isn't serious at all in any other way. The suggestions for leaving are very funny, and take things that could otherwise be scary and make them humorous (like leaving by taking a ride on a lion's tail).

In typical Dr. Seuss fashion, the story is displayed in a rhyme. Like a good beginning reader, there is a lot of repetition to help the young person. "The time has come. The time is now. Just go. Go. GO! I don't care how." The new sentences usually just replace one or two words. The illustrations encourage the child to keep moving ahead by keeping the mood light as she or he struggles with soon-to-be familiar words. Using the imaginative words is good, too, so that a child can learn to recognize new things.

Obviously, you will want to read this book along with your youngster until he or she gets a command of it. You can start at the beginning, and ask you youngster to read with you as soon as the book is memorized. Then, gradually, you can let your youngster take the lead. If the young person falters a bit, you can provide hints.

Have a great time exploring reading together! What else could you be exploring together that would be fun for both of you?

A Fun Way to Learn to Read
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! was one of her picks.

Marvin K. Mooney is an excellent choice of a beginning reader after your child has read about 20 books and is ready for something just a little more challenging. The reason I say that is because there are a number of Dr. Seuss's imaginary creatures and inventions in here, so the illustrations don't totally tell you what the words are. For example, you will see a Ga-Zoom, a Bumble-Boat, a Zumble-Zay, and a Crunk-Car. These are, by the way, the most witty and imaginative illustrations as well.

The fun of the story relates to an impatient adult (displayed by an arm and a hand wearing a watch) who wants Marvin K. Mooney to go. Marvin just listens until the end, when he goes. It isn't clear if Marvin K. Mooney is the child of the hand or the child's friend whose parent wants him to leave. It doesn't really matter. I lean towards the latter explanation. But we all know how adults like to say the whole name of a child to let them know the adult is very serious.

Yet, the book isn't serious at all in any other way. The suggestions for leaving are very funny, and take things that could otherwise be scary and make them humorous (like leaving by taking a ride on a lion's tail).

In typical Dr. Seuss fashion, the story is displayed in a rhyme. Like a good beginning reader, there is a lot of repetition to help the young person. "The time has come. The time is now. Just go. Go. GO! I don't care how." The new sentences usually just replace one or two words. The illustrations encourage the child to keep moving ahead by keeping the mood light as she or he struggles with soon-to-be familiar words. Using the imaginative words is good, too, so that a child can learn to recognize new things.

Obviously, you will want to read this book along with your youngster until he or she gets a command of it. You can start at the beginning, and ask you youngster to read with you as soon as the book is memorized. Then, gradually, you can let your youngster take the lead. If the young person falters a bit, you can provide hints.

Have a great time exploring reading together! What else could you be exploring together that would be fun for both of you?