Hop on Pop

Name: Hop on Pop
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 9780739339404

Author: Dr. Seuss

Narrator: David Hyde Pierce

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/27/2006

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories

Synopsis

Introduce children to Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully witty wordplay with this classic rhyming book, known as “the simplest Seuss for youngest use.”

HOP
POP
We like to hop.
We like to hop
on top of Pop.

Follow along with Red and Ned and Ted and Ed in a bed. And giggle as Pat sits on a hat and on a cat and on a bat...but a cactus? Pat must NOT sit on that! Full of short, simple words and silly rhymes, the rollicking rhythm of Hop on Pop will keep children of all ages entertained throughout.

About The Author

Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have had a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (along with others he wrote but did not illustrate, under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into forty-five languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leftbanker on May 25, 2018

Call me old fashioned but I think that there is far too much pop hopping going on in America these days. It's disgusting, revolting, quite possibly illegal, and then they turn around and turn it into a children's book? What's next? Leaving two unsupervised children alone with a giant cat? An elephan......more

Goodreads review by Mike on May 03, 2012

It just didn't do it for me--no character development, no irony, no existential angst, it was almost like a children's book.......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on June 29, 2023

Hop on Pop is War and Peace distilled for kids. It is epic in scope, range of characters, and depth of truth. Although a short book, with a few words to each page, I found it impossible to shut for good. This is one to revisit again and again as I have since reading it when a child. Open it anywhere.......more

Goodreads review by Maryann on September 25, 2022

I wanted to read this book, to understand, why this book is being challenged to be banned at public schools and their libraries. Parents want this particular book kept away from their children. For the life of me, I find nothing wrong or disturbing about it. It is a typical Dr. Seuss book, where you......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 13, 2008

At first I thought it was really sad the way the children showed such a great amount of disrespect for their father. It seems today many children "Hop on Pop" as well as mothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and even friends in a desperate attempt to get attention in a world where so many children are ig......more

Quotes

“Combines phonics and word recognition, making sounds and letters recognizable. Highly recommended.”—School Library Journal (starred review)