The Sneetches By: Dr. Seuss

Genre: Picture book
Publisher: Random House
Copyright Date: 1961
Number of Pages: 15
Reading Level: 4-8

Summary:
Some of the sneetches that live on the beaches have stars on the bellies and some don't. The Star-Bellied Sneetches thought they were better than the other sneetches, they wouldn't let the other sneetches into their parties or barbeques. They were stuck up to anyone without a star. The One's without stars were very sad and felt bad for themselves all the time. One day a fix-it-up chap came and visited the sneetches. He had a machine that the sneeches ould go into and come out with a star on their belly! So, all of the starless sneetches went into the machine and came out just like everyone else! The Starbellied sneetches were mad and so they went into the machine to get rid of their stars because, after all, stars were out of style now. But they other sneetches followed suit! Over the course of the day it became messier and messier with sneetches wanting to change themselves. Until, no one could tell who were the star-bellies and who weren't. The fix it up man left with all their money laughing that they would never learn. But, they did learn something that day. They learned that it doesn't matter what you look like, it's inside what counts. A sneetch is a sneetch.

Who would benefit from readnig this book/ who would I recommend this book to?
I would recommend this book to a teacher that is going to teach about racism. This would work the best in a high school or a middle school setting.

What problems/conflict could this book potentially cause?
Sone parents might not like their kids learning about rascism. Especially the young kids.

My reaction:
Once again Dr. Seuss does an amazing job talking about a sensitive subject in a way that children can understand. I love this book. I think that it is special and should be read by everyone.