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Dr. Sues
The Sneeches, The Lorax, Horton Hears A Who,
The Butter Battle Book
He has other good ones (the places you'll go, pale green pants, ect) but these have the most explicitly left wing stuff. His writing style was specifically developed in response to stuff like See Spot Run. He wanted kids to have stuff that was actually fun to read, rather than a boring slog. There's also a lot of books that bear his name and drawings, but are seperate authors cus the publisher and/or him were trying to capitalize on the recognizablity; those aren't bad, per say, but they are noticeably different in style and execution.
Don't skip on Yurtle the Turtle! That story is based as fuck.
OK we read that tonight and you are correct! I happened to have an anthology with that one in it.
I am reporting back to say that Dr. Sues is pretty dope. I had no idea and I'm not even sure why! Kiddo is obsessed with The Lorax, The Sneeches is great, and Horton Hears a Who was kinda intense! But a good message regardless. Im sure the library has the Butter Battle Book, I'll look for it next time im there.
Its kind of blowng my mind honestly. I had no idea Dr. Sues was so based lol.
Glad to hear! His stuff is great. I feel I should warn you, though, Butter Battle Book is one of those kids books that hits different for adults. It's about the nuclear arms race -- frames it in a way that highlights the absurdity. I listed it 'cus it's probably the most explicitly political of Sues' children's books, but it's... it's heavy.
This is a short animation he helped produce biased on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQsPq4y7Q20
Also, feature length Sues is bad, hollywood really butchers the stories. If you can, point to the short animations.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: