The standard paperbacks divide into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. In response to consumer demand, bright new cover designs incorporate much-needed guidance on reading levels. As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Meet Horton the elephant, one of the most commendable heroes in childrens books. Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie birds egg while she vacations. Maisie happens by just as the egg is about to hatch and demands that Horton give it. Much later, after standing (and sitting) guard 100-percent faith- fully through rain and snow, Horton and the egg are captured by three hunters and put in a circus. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. Horton Hatches the Egg Random House Books for Young Readers. Summary: Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie birds egg while she vacations. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Horton's kindness and faithfulness are sorely tested when he, and the egg, are kidnapped and sold to a circus - but his reward for being faithful is more wonderful than he could ever have dreamed! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. To an adult, the tale seems a little forced compared to.

Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird's egg while she goes on holiday. Seuss book, but it doesnt much interfere with the hilarity with which he juggles an elephant up a tree.

Horton the elephant hatches an egg