Norman Stiles

I value the ability to laugh at and invent the absurd, both in myself and others. This shaggy dog story is Ernie's extensive narration of apparently irrelevant rearrangements he has made that spiral out into cartoonish absurdity like And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. This terminates with the anticlimactic punchline of why Bert has a pot on his head on the cover. Good stuff to hopefully spark a love for the absurd in a young reader.

I recently brought a box of my childhook books back from home and this is the first one I picked up. I remember getting it when my grandpa died and I was five. I took a whistle to school that day and blew it as hard as I could when we were in the library. I got taken to the principal's office but when mom found I did it because I wanted grandpa to hear me in heaven she decided I needed this book.

I wish the cover image was on hand because it is very sweet. I really liked this book. All the show more grownups try to explain to Big Bird why Mr. Hooper died and the end answer is just because. There is a note in the book to tell why small children like this answer, and it worked for me. I'm definitely keeping this for future litle ones. show less

This book was one of the delights of my childhood. Lovable Grover goes from one room to the next in a colossal museum, where one catastrophe after the next befalls him as he tries to see everything. Grover learns what not to do as the reader laughs and enjoys the fun!

I loved reading this book. It was so neat. Grover goes into the museum of Everything and goes through many rooms in it with many funny things all labeled and on display. He's tickled by feathers and sees many animals and opposites and concepts all labeled. It creates a sense of wonder about the world because Grover is so enthusiastic about it. It would be great to read with kids. I see it as a great learning to read book in class because of how many words there are in it.