Horton Hears A Who!

Horton Hears A Who! is written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.

Picture Book

2nd - 4th Grade

5 out of 5

Horton Hears A Who! is about an elephant, Horton, who hears a town of people living on a speck. He works to save this town and convince the rest of the Jungle of Nool that it the people are real.

I love this book and always have! The plot is very cute and keeps the readers attention the whole time through. Throughout the whole story you never lose sight of the reason of the book, Horton trying to save the speck. Another reason I think this book is great is because it rhymes. This makes it fun to read because it has a good rhythm. The illustrations in this book are amazing. They are black and white with bright colors. The characters are drawn with such great detail and imagination. Horton Hears A Who! has a great moral to the story. Horton says several times, "A person's a person, no matter how small." This little line has so much meaning. Horton believes in this line and it teaches the reader to never look past someone no matter who they are or where they come from.

This book would be good in a classroom just because of the moral it provides. There is a movie based off the book that is also classroom appropriate. I think you could do several writing activities involving this book. You could have students write about a time they may have followed Horton's motto or a time that they did not and should have.