I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew

This is a little odd, even for Seuss.

An unidentified thing, our narrator, is having a rough day. He trips, he gets stung... and every time he looks around to prevent it from happening again, something new shows up on his unwatched side!

Finally he bumps into a man going to Solla Sollew, where they don't have troubles - or at least, very few.

And this starts his whole troublesome trip. He was safer at home! He finally arrives, exhausted, only to find out that they've misplaced the key and he can't get in, and anyway their troubles in Solla Sollew are just starting thanks to the misplaced key, but there's an even more PERFECT place down the ways a bit...

Not for our intrepid hero, though. He gets a big stick and goes home, deciding any show more troubles will have trouble with him first. This last scene may bother some parents because of the implied violence. Me, I'm busier wondering how he'll use that stick to intimidate a rock that trips him up.

There isn't a very clear moral, if that's what you go for. Still and all, I like this one. show less

One of the good Doctor's least known, and most brilliant books -- this is just about the oldest book in my personal collection that I received when it was new; the cover is lost but the front right endpaper still displays my old astronaut bookplate.

Have you ever had terrible trouble just staying alive? Floated twelve days without toothpaste or soap? Or perhaps you've had to face the Perilous Poozer of Pomplemoose Pass? This book is for you.

A shaggy dog story from Dr. Seuss - not his best, but fun in its way.

This Dr. Seuss classic story is unappreciated by readers young and old. The verse is creative and enchanting, and reminiscent of that old stand-by, "There's a Wocket In My Pocket", with its fantastical inventions.

Not to mention, this particular story teaches a valuable lesson about how "the grass is always greener on the other side".

If you're a Seuss fan and haven't checked this one out yet, give it a try.

Better to face your troubles and deal with them than trying to avoid them or run away. There are problems no matter where you go... and some of them are worse that what you started with!

This book is classic Seuss book. It has great rhymes and a intresting plot and moral. The story follows a young fellow thatg encounters troubles in the place he currently lives then he hears of a place called solla sollew were the troubles are very few.In gettting to solla sollew he faces even worse troubles than he did back home and when he gets there he cant get in because there is a creature that lives in the key hole to the door of solla sollew that slaps away the key. The young fellow hears of a place that is even better than solla sollew but decides to head back home but with a club and his hand and decides that from now own " my troubles are going to have troubles with me.Readers can go to the highly interactive Seussville.com to show more view biographies of Dr. Seuss and events coming up that involve Dr. Seuss books and there are other neat features on the site as well. show less

As I go back into my book memory library I was in a Military Base's library sitting at a table.
Now as a parent I really respect it a lot more than I did then.
I miss Seuss' imaginative way of writing. I miss the morals he wrote about. This story was a little tougher to get through with before bedtime so it might have to be a two night story.