The Lorax

Name: The Lorax
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 9780739339275

Author: Dr. Seuss

Narrator: Ted Danson

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/27/2006

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Children's Poetry, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate Earth Day with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic children's book about sustainability and protecting the environment!

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.

Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up and speak up for others. Experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted in a story that is timely, playful, and hopeful. The book’s final moments teach us that just one small seed, or one small child, can make a difference.

This audiobook is the perfect gift for Earth Day and for any child—or child at heart—who is interested in recycling, advocacy, and the environment, or just loves nature and playing outside.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

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 Michael on October 08, 2019

Now who would have thought that Seuss back in the 60’s would have already been concerned about the destruction of the environment – so much so that he wrote this incredible and addictive story (asked for by my son two to three times a week). My kid is always asking me about the Once-ler “Why can’t w......more

Goodreads review by myo on January 26, 2025

excellent exploration of capitalism, greed and how factories/big companies can lead to deforestation and im not even kidding......more

Goodreads review by persephone ☾ on February 20, 2022

a critique of capitalism and environmental activism, all of that in a childrens' book ?? this man was doing God's work......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 18, 2008

You can have your Silent Spring and Inconvenient Truth. The Lorax and his lesson of unless is, to me, the most moving piece of environmental literature ever. It shows that a) good children's literature doesn't have to be simplistic or happy to be effective and b) that you certainly need not be a me......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on April 30, 2017

Another of the very best books by Dr. Seuss! IT'S NOT TOO LATE!!! UNLESS someone like you. cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. This is one other of the best ever tales by Dr. Seuss. Like, The Sneetches was crafted in the 60s, it’s not wonder that The......more