THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS Dr Seuss

I WISH THAT I HAD DUCK FEET
Dr Seuss
● May 2004
● ISBN: 9780007173136
● $9.99
● BEGINNER BOOKS-PB
● NSP
● 225 mm x 163 mm
● 64 pages
With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes,
Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for
over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking
among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as
a global best-seller, with nearly half a million books sold worldwide.
This delightful book forms part of the third stage in HarperCollins' major Dr. Seuss
rebrand programme. With the relaunch of six more titles in January 2004, such
all-time favourites as The Lorax, The Foot Book and Yertle the Turtle boast bright
new covers that incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back
Books are for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books are for
budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books are for older, more
fluent readers to enjoy. I Wish That I Had Duck Feet belongs to the Green Back
Book range
Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known to millions of his fans as Dr. Seuss – was
born the son of a park superintendent in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1904.
After studying at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and later at Oxford
University in England, he became a magazine humorist and cartoonist, and an
advertising man. He soon turned his many talents to writing children’s books, and
his first book – And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street – was published in
1937. His greatest claim to fame was the one and only The Cat in the Hat,
published in 1957, the first of a hugely successful range of early learning books
known as Beginner Books.
What would life be like if you had feet like a duck,
or horns like a deer, a whale spout on your head, or
a long, long nose? In this crazy tale a small boy
imagines all these things, only to decide in the end
that perhaps it’s better to be “ME” after all.
• 2004 is the Seussentennial (100 years since the
birth of Dr. Seuss) • On-going PR and marketing
campaign to mark this anniversary – library and
bookshop birthday parties, blanket PR coverage,
celebrity events • Links with Macmillan Cancer's
Hat Week in September 2004 • Flash-mobbing
events in June 2004 Cross-promotions with UIP
on the film 'The Cat in the Hat' film • More brand
awareness with 'The Cat in the Hat' VHS/DVD out
August 2004 • Over half a billion books sold
worldwide • One of the UK's top ten favourite
authors • Dr. Seuss makes reading FUN! •
The bright new cover design incorporates much
needed guidance on reading levels • A Green
Back Book, ideal for children aged 4+ who are just
beginning to read on their own