On Beyond Zebra!

Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell has learned his 26-letter alphabet! But then the book explores all the other letters that exist past the letter Z. Such a cute story for children and an amazing picture book from Dr. Seuss. I just love his books and his messages to children! ( )

Summary: An older boy teaches Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell what amazing new letters and creatures and places you can see when you go beyond the normal old alphabet ending in Z.

Media: Pen with printed color fill

Genre: This book is a good example of fantasy because the main characters are realistic, two little boys and their dog, but they explore a land of a make-believe alphabet with creatures invented by the author and events that take place only in one's imagination.

Theme: The moral of this story is to communicate to the reader that it is good to see beyond and explore further than what things are supposed to do or be or look like; to let your imaginiation lead you to go beyond "normal" and when that happens, you can discover amazing things and find sometimes when you think outside the box you can unearth a whole new side of things you never thought even existed. The author shows this with detailed pictures and writing of imaginary words and creatures that you can see when you go beyond the stopping point of the letter Z. ( )

Dr. Seuss presents letters often neglected in traditional teachings of the alphabet. These letters exist beyond Z and thus beyond zebra. Using his crazy sense of humor, Dr. Seuss creates tons of imaginative letters and things (mostly creatures) that start with them! Appropriate for preschool and beyond... ( )

A fun and clever book. Many of the words in this story are really fun to say. ( )