Join in on the fun (and funny) journey of getting older with this hilarious Dr. Seuss picture book—it’s just what the doctor ordered for old souls, kids at heart, and absolutely anyone dreading their annual checkup. You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in! The Doctor is in! Readers will laugh along
Join in on the fun (and funny) journey of getting older with this hilarious Dr. Seuss picture book—it’s just what the doctor ordered for old souls, kids at heart, and absolutely anyone dreading their annual checkup.
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in!
The Doctor is in! Readers will laugh along with the parade of medical madness as an elderly patient is poked, prodded and ogled during his stay at the “Golden Years Clinic on Century Square for Spleen Readjustment and Muffler Repair.” Once again, Dr. Seuss proves that his sharp wit and colorful imagination are a treat for readers of all ages. A perfect gift for retirement, birthdays, graduations, holidays, and anyone needing a little pick-me-up after a doctor’s visit!Subtitled A Book for Obsolete Children, this unusual item in the Seuss canon doesn’t really belong among the children’s books. Written to celebrate the nonsense master’s 82nd birthday, it follows “you” (an elderly gent in a suit and white moustache) through a physical check-up in some fiendish geriatric clinic. You are measured, prodded, and subjected to all the medical indignities familiar and unfamiliar to the elderly. “You must see Dr. Pollen, our Allergy Whiz, who knows every sniffle and itch that there is… He will check your reactions to thumbtacks and glue, catcher’s mitts, leaf mould, and cardigans too. Nasturtiums and marble cake, white and blue chalks, anthracite coal and the feathers of hawks.” It’s clear that the process is going to be long, but much shorter than the bill. The blurb on the back says it all: “Is this a children’s book? Well… not immediately. You buy a copy for your child now and you give it to him on his 70th birthday.” Actually, it would make an amusing gift for anyone over 40. –Richard Farr
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Gave this to my grandma She didn’t find it particularly amusing at first sight. I guess she got bored enough to read it as she called to thank me. She found it ‘very amusing.’ This is high praise from a woman who makes Englands Queen look emotional, by comparison.Seriously my grandma doesn’t even have rbf, it’s just a black hole of human emotion. If you look her in the eyes you know how Harry Potter felt when the Dementors were attacking him by the lake.If she thinks it’s funny, anyone will.
Very disappointed, not as described I ordered this book used in Good Condition as a gag gift for my fiance’s 40th birthday. The description made it seem like a funny story poking fun at the aches and pains of growing older and the prospect of being sent off to a retirement home. When it arrived, I was immediately disappointed. I read through the book with my 12 year old before I intended to wrap it, but neither of us were laughing at the story. It basically follows the story of one man who goes to the doctor and keeps getting…
The book was printed wrong. The inside pages are … The book was printed wrong. The inside pages are inserted upside down, so you open the cover and you see the last page of the book first, but upside down. This is a gag gift, so I’ll deal with it, but very disappointing.