Theodore Geisel, better known to millions of children and adults as Dr. Seuss, enjoyed the richness of language. The stories and characters he created are memorable. (One was written under a pseudonym, Theo. LeSieg). Name the book in which you can read about each of the following:
- The hero endured storms, winter blizzards, the ridicule of other animals, capture by hunters, and exhibition in a circus sideshow, but still remained faithful in keeping a promise.
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- A little boy tried to please his father by telling what he saw on the way home from school. He kept adding exciting details to make his walk seem more interesting. In his imagination, an ordinary street became a place of fantasy.
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- A boy thinks about changes in his own body that would make him more interesting or more powerful, but in the end he decides to stay just his own plain self.
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- Marco was at a place where "If you sat fifty years with your worms and your wishes, you'd grow a long beard long before you'd catch fishes."
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- A kind-hearted moose lets animals roost in his antlers and says that, as a host, he must be nice to his guests.
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- Gerald McGrew becomes a zoo-keeper in his imaginationa nd collects a remarkable variety of strange animals and birds to amaze people.
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- Moris McGurk makes plans for a maarvelous circus to be held in a vacant lot and expects SneeLock, the owner of the lot to perform astonishing deeds while Morris simply acts as ringmaster.
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- A hater of Christmas believed he could keep Christmas from coming by stealing all the gifts and decorations.
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- The most famous character of the Dr. Seuss books comes to visit two children while their mother is out. He creates hilarious mayhem, but eventually restores order to the house.
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